diff --git a/PackageKit.spec b/PackageKit.spec
index d0451e9..dd15ef4 100644
--- a/PackageKit.spec
+++ b/PackageKit.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Patch0:    PackageKit-0.3.8-RHEL-Vendor.conf.patch
 # https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/pull/404
 Patch1:    package-remove-password-prompt.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283063
+Patch2:    appstream-mark-pk-as-compulsory.patch
+
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires: xmlto
 BuildRequires: gtk-doc
diff --git a/appstream-mark-pk-as-compulsory.patch b/appstream-mark-pk-as-compulsory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d575260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appstream-mark-pk-as-compulsory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From d8f84f7e0a017e0b4df1e08a2a6be832c9fb3611 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
+Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 02:33:55 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] metainfo: Mark PK as compulsory for most desktops
+
+Ideally, AppStream needs a way to just mark a component as critical for
+the system to function and prevent its removal. But this is okay as a
+temporary fix.
+
+Resolves: #759
+---
+ data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml | 10 ++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml b/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml
+index 13b7a316d..ce47582a8 100644
+--- a/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml
++++ b/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml
+@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@
+   <url type="homepage">https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit</url>
+ 
+   <launchable type="service">packagekit.service</launchable>
++
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>Cinnamon</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>GNOME</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>KDE</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>LXQt</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>MATE</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>Pantheon</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>Unity</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>XFCE</compulsory_for_desktop>
++
+   <categories>
+     <category>System</category>
+   </categories>