diff --git a/0001-magnatune-Do-not-check-for-network-connectivity.patch b/0001-magnatune-Do-not-check-for-network-connectivity.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5280733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-magnatune-Do-not-check-for-network-connectivity.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+From cb432d7e87c661240baf3cba712811f60278678a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Victor Toso <me@victortoso.com>
+Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 00:34:02 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] magnatune: Do not check for network connectivity
+
+It fixex huge delay resolving dns.
+
+g_network_monitor_can_reach() is sync and takes up to 30 seconds to
+resolve dns with some users.
+
+Link: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701336
+---
+ src/magnatune/grl-magnatune.c | 24 ------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 24 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/magnatune/grl-magnatune.c b/src/magnatune/grl-magnatune.c
+index 3c82d32..bfbcca8 100644
+--- a/src/magnatune/grl-magnatune.c
++++ b/src/magnatune/grl-magnatune.c
+@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ static void grl_magnatune_source_search(GrlSource *source,
+ static void grl_magnatune_source_browse(GrlSource *source,
+                                         GrlSourceBrowseSpec *bs);
+ 
+-static gboolean magnatune_has_network_conn(void);
+-
+ static void magnatune_get_db_async(OperationSpec *os);
+ 
+ /* ================== Magnatune Plugin  ================= */
+@@ -201,9 +199,6 @@ grl_magnatune_plugin_init(GrlRegistry *registry,
+   GRL_DEBUG("magnatune_plugin_init");
+ 
+   source = grl_magnatune_source_new();
+-  if (source->priv->db == NULL && magnatune_has_network_conn() == FALSE)
+-    return FALSE;
+-
+   grl_registry_register_source(registry,
+                                plugin,
+                                GRL_SOURCE(source),
+@@ -326,25 +321,6 @@ grl_magnatune_source_finalize(GObject *object)
+ 
+ /* ======================= Utilities ==================== */
+ 
+-static gboolean
+-magnatune_has_network_conn(void)
+-{
+-  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+-  GNetworkMonitor *nm = NULL;
+-  GSocketConnectable *addr = NULL;
+-  GError *err = NULL;
+-
+-  nm = g_network_monitor_get_default();
+-  addr = g_network_address_new("www.magnatune.com", 80);
+-
+-  ret = g_network_monitor_can_reach(nm, addr, NULL, &err);
+-  if (ret == FALSE)
+-    GRL_WARNING("Plugin can't reach magnatune.com - '%s'", err->message);
+-
+-  g_object_unref(addr);
+-  return ret;
+-}
+-
+ static void
+ magnatune_get_crc_done(GObject *source_object,
+                        GAsyncResult *res,
+-- 
+1.8.2.1
+
diff --git a/grilo-plugins.spec b/grilo-plugins.spec
index 736e345..337026f 100644
--- a/grilo-plugins.spec
+++ b/grilo-plugins.spec
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 
 Name:		grilo-plugins
 Version:	0.2.8
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	Plugins for the Grilo framework
 
 Group:		Applications/Multimedia
 License:	LGPLv2+
 Url:		https://live.gnome.org/Grilo
 Source0:	http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/grilo-plugins/%{release_version}/grilo-plugins-%{version}.tar.xz
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969123
+Patch0:		0001-magnatune-Do-not-check-for-network-connectivity.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	grilo-devel >= 0.2.6
 BuildRequires:	glib2-devel >= 2.26.0
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ This package contains plugins to get information from theses sources:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .dns_lookup
 
 
 %build
@@ -98,6 +101,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/*
 %{_libdir}/grilo-%{release_version}/*.xml
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 06 2013 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 0.2.8-2
+- Backport a patch to avoid DNS delays at plugin init (#969123)
+
 * Sat May 25 2013 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 0.2.8-1
 - Update to 0.2.8