diff --git a/system-config-printer-publish-printers.patch b/system-config-printer-publish-printers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb070ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-config-printer-publish-printers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff -up system-config-printer-1.1.13/system-config-printer.py.publish-printers system-config-printer-1.1.13/system-config-printer.py
+--- system-config-printer-1.1.13/system-config-printer.py.publish-printers	2009-09-18 13:44:41.680437056 +0100
++++ system-config-printer-1.1.13/system-config-printer.py	2009-09-18 13:45:30.704315256 +0100
+@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class GUI(GtkGUI, monitor.Watcher):
+         self.changed = set() # of options
+ 
+         self.servers = set((self.connect_server,))
+-        self.server_is_publishing = False
++        self.server_is_publishing = None # not known
+         self.devid = devid
+         self.focus_on_map = focus_on_map
+ 
+@@ -3158,6 +3158,18 @@ class GUI(GtkGUI, monitor.Watcher):
+             self.cups._end_operation ()
+ 
+         if success and share:
++            if self.server_is_publishing == None:
++                # We haven't yet seen a server-is-sharing-printers attribute.
++                # Assuming CUPS 1.4, this means we haven't opened a
++                # properties dialog yet.  Fetch the attributes now and
++                # look for it.
++                try:
++                    printer.getAttributes ()
++                    p = printer.other_attributes['server-is-sharing-printers']
++                    self.server_is_publishing = p
++                except (cups.IPPError, KeyError):
++                    pass
++
+             self.advise_publish ()
+ 
+         # For some reason CUPS doesn't give us a notification about
diff --git a/system-config-printer.spec b/system-config-printer.spec
index 4e76b48..01c961b 100644
--- a/system-config-printer.spec
+++ b/system-config-printer.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Source2: http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/pysmbc/pysmbc-%{pysmbc_version}.tar.bz2
 
 Patch1: system-config-printer-data-button-state.patch
 Patch2: system-config-printer-cancel-traceback.patch
+Patch3: system-config-printer-publish-printers.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cups-devel >= 1.2
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= 2.4
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ printers.
 %setup -q -a 1 -a 2
 %patch1 -p1 -b .data-button-state
 %patch2 -p1 -b .cancel-traceback
+%patch3 -p1 -b .publish-printers
 
 %build
 %configure --with-udev-rules --with-polkit-1
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %changelog
 * Fri Sep 18 2009 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 1.1.13-2
+- Avoid showing the publish-printers dialog when not necessary.
 - Fixed traceback when cancelling change-driver dialog.
 - Fixed data button state.