diff --git a/xdg-utils-1.0-mimeopen.patch b/xdg-utils-1.0-mimeopen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e12f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdg-utils-1.0-mimeopen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- xdg-utils-1.0/scripts/xdg-open.mimeopen	2006-10-17 22:55:02.000000000 +0200
++++ xdg-utils-1.0/scripts/xdg-open	2006-10-17 22:55:15.000000000 +0200
+@@ -360,6 +360,15 @@
+ 
+ open_generic()
+ {
++    if mimeopen -v 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
++        mimeopen -n "$1"
++        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
++            exit_success
++        else
++            exit_failure_operation_failed
++        fi
++    fi
++
+     IFS=":"
+     for browser in $BROWSER; do
+         if [ x"$browser" != x"" ]; then
diff --git a/xdg-utils.spec b/xdg-utils.spec
index 334dde8..4c8ae8a 100644
--- a/xdg-utils.spec
+++ b/xdg-utils.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Summary: Basic desktop integration functions 
 Name:    xdg-utils
 Version: 1.0 
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 
 URL:     http://portland.freedesktop.org/ 
 Source0: http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-%{version}%{?beta}.tgz
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ Group:   System Environment/Base
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch: noarch
 
-# Not really used (yet)
-#BuildRequires: xmlto
-
 Requires: desktop-file-utils
 ## kde-config
-#Requires: kdelibs
-# update-gtk-icon-cache
-#Requires: gtk2
+#Requires(hint): kdelibs
+## update-gtk-icon-cache
+#Requires(hint): gtk2
+## generic default
+#Requires(hint): mimeopen
 
 
 %description
@@ -71,6 +70,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 24 2006 Rex Dieter <rexdieter[AT]users.sf.net> 1.0-2
+- prefer mimeopen as generic default (#210797)
+
 * Tue Oct 10 2006 Rex Dieter <rexdieter[AT]users.sf.net> 1.0-1
 - 1.0(final)