diff --git a/tracker.spec b/tracker.spec
index 3fa73d0..45df088 100644
--- a/tracker.spec
+++ b/tracker.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Summary:	An object database, tag/metadata database, search tool and indexer
 Name:		tracker
 Version:	0.6.2
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 License:	GPLv2+
 Group:		Applications/System
 URL:		http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/
 Source0:	http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:		trackerd-getenv.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:	gmime-devel, poppler-devel, gettext
 BuildRequires:	gnome-desktop-devel, gamin-devel, exempi-devel
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ GNOME libraries
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .getenv
 %define deskbar_applet_ver %(pkg-config --modversion deskbar-applet)
 
 %build
@@ -126,6 +128,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_datadir}/autostart/*.desktop
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 11 2007 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 0.6.2-2
+- Make trackerd start on x86_64 (Bug #286361, fix by Will Woods)
+
 * Wed Sep 05 2007 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 0.6.2-1
 - Version 0.6.2
 
diff --git a/trackerd-getenv.patch b/trackerd-getenv.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aa4a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trackerd-getenv.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -up tracker-0.6.2/src/trackerd/tracker-apps.c.getenv tracker-0.6.2/src/trackerd/tracker-apps.c
+--- tracker-0.6.2/src/trackerd/tracker-apps.c.getenv	2007-08-18 20:31:41.000000000 -0400
++++ tracker-0.6.2/src/trackerd/tracker-apps.c	2007-09-11 12:47:38.000000000 -0400
+@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
+  * Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+ 
+-#include<string.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
++#include <string.h>
+ 
+ #include "tracker-apps.h"
+ #include "tracker-db.h"
+@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ tracker_applications_add_service_directo
+ 		value = getenv ("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
+ 		if (value != NULL) {
+ 			gchar **dir_array;
++			tracker_log ("XDG_DATA_DIRS is at %p",value);
+ 			dir_array = g_strsplit (value, ":", 0);
+ 
+ 			gint i;