diff --git a/Import-Shell-as-needed-by-recent-commit.patch b/Import-Shell-as-needed-by-recent-commit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b71dbb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Import-Shell-as-needed-by-recent-commit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 82aea3e8d6fc2a16759fd6f232c7358989a5f607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 11:14:54 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Import Shell as needed by recent commit
+
+---
+ js/ui/windowManager.js |    1 +
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/js/ui/windowManager.js b/js/ui/windowManager.js
+index 52a00da..a3e2918 100644
+--- a/js/ui/windowManager.js
++++ b/js/ui/windowManager.js
+@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
+ const Lang = imports.lang;
+ const Meta = imports.gi.Meta;
+ const St = imports.gi.St;
++const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
+ 
+ const AltTab = imports.ui.altTab;
+ const WorkspaceSwitcherPopup = imports.ui.workspaceSwitcherPopup;
+-- 
+1.7.5.1
+
diff --git a/Use-Shell.get_file_contents_utf8_sync-over-GLib.file.patch b/Use-Shell.get_file_contents_utf8_sync-over-GLib.file.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f701dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Use-Shell.get_file_contents_utf8_sync-over-GLib.file.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From bfd344cdece5de6230ff611e3e1c66d90913dc47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:19:24 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Use Shell.get_file_contents_utf8_sync over
+ GLib.file_get_contents
+
+We need to fix the latter to return a byte array, which gjs doesn't
+deal with well right now.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649981
+---
+ js/ui/placeDisplay.js  |    5 +----
+ js/ui/windowManager.js |    3 +--
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/js/ui/placeDisplay.js b/js/ui/placeDisplay.js
+index 59ca4a6..9354247 100644
+--- a/js/ui/placeDisplay.js
++++ b/js/ui/placeDisplay.js
+@@ -268,10 +268,7 @@ PlacesManager.prototype = {
+         if (!GLib.file_test(this._bookmarksPath, GLib.FileTest.EXISTS))
+             return;
+ 
+-        let [success, bookmarksContent, len] = GLib.file_get_contents(this._bookmarksPath);
+-
+-        if (!success)
+-            return;
++        let bookmarksContent = Shell.get_file_contents_utf8_sync(this._bookmarksPath);
+ 
+         let bookmarks = bookmarksContent.split('\n');
+ 
+diff --git a/js/ui/windowManager.js b/js/ui/windowManager.js
+index b113a1a..52a00da 100644
+--- a/js/ui/windowManager.js
++++ b/js/ui/windowManager.js
+@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ function getDimShader() {
+     if (dimShader === null)
+         return null;
+     if (!dimShader) {
+-        let [success, source, length] = GLib.file_get_contents(global.datadir +
+-                                                               '/shaders/dim-window.glsl');
++        let source = Shell.get_file_contents_utf8_sync(global.datadir + '/shaders/dim-window.glsl');
+         try {
+             let shader = new Clutter.Shader();
+             shader.set_fragment_source(source, -1);
+-- 
+1.7.5.1
+
diff --git a/gnome-shell.spec b/gnome-shell.spec
index 6e4a1a6..d253ce9 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.spec
+++ b/gnome-shell.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           gnome-shell
 Version:        3.0.2
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Window management and application launching for GNOME
 
 Group:          User Interface/Desktops
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Patch0: gnome-shell-avoid-redhat-menus.patch
 # from upstream
 Patch1: gnome-shell-3.0.2-st-shadow-atomic.patch
 Patch2: gnome-shell-3.0.2-st-icon-colors-atomic.patch
+Patch3: Use-Shell.get_file_contents_utf8_sync-over-GLib.file.patch
+Patch4: Import-Shell-as-needed-by-recent-commit.patch
 
 %define clutter_version 1.4.0
 %define gobject_introspection_version 0.10.1
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ easy to use experience.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .avoid-redhat-menus
 %patch1 -p1 -b .st-shadow-atomic
 %patch2 -p1 -b .st-icon-colors-atomic
+%patch3 -p1 -b .use-get-file-contents
+%patch4 -p1 -b .add-shell-import
 
 %build
 (if ! test -x configure; then NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh; fi;
@@ -144,6 +148,9 @@ gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule \
 glib-compile-schemas --allow-any-name %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas ||:
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 22 2011 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> - 3.0.2-3
+- Add a patch from upstream to avoid g_file_get_contents()
+
 * Fri Jun 17 2011 Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> - 3.0.2-2
 - Rebuilt for new gtk3 and gnome-desktop3