diff --git a/gnome-shell-gtk3.patch b/gnome-shell-gtk3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d4920c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-shell-gtk3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up gnome-shell-2.91.6/src/shell-doc-system.c.gtk3 gnome-shell-2.91.6/src/shell-doc-system.c
+--- gnome-shell-2.91.6/src/shell-doc-system.c.gtk3	2011-02-11 14:28:01.940113427 -0500
++++ gnome-shell-2.91.6/src/shell-doc-system.c	2011-02-11 14:27:38.853402050 -0500
+@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ shell_doc_system_open (ShellDocSystem *s
+   else
+     {
+       char *app_name;
+-#if GTK_MINOR_VERSION >= 18
++#if GTK_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3 || GTK_MINOR_VERSION >= 18
+       const char *app_exec;
+ #else
+       char *app_exec;
diff --git a/gnome-shell.spec b/gnome-shell.spec
index e86339d..852f790 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.spec
+++ b/gnome-shell.spec
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ Requires:       mutter >= %{mutter_version}
 #Requires:       xorg-x11-server-Xephyr
 #Requires:       xorg-x11-xauth
 
+# upstream fix
+Patch0: gnome-shell-gtk3.patch
+
 %description
 GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop,
 like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ easy to use experience.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .gtk3
 
 %build
 (if ! test -x configure; then NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh; fi;