diff --git a/0001-XRes-Use-_XRead-instead-of-_XRead32-for-reading-pid.patch b/0001-XRes-Use-_XRead-instead-of-_XRead32-for-reading-pid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03b709c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-XRes-Use-_XRead-instead-of-_XRead32-for-reading-pid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 3e6bdd90c604e061c71715865eb403ffdd0dd7f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:03:23 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] XRes: Use _XRead instead of _XRead32 for reading pid
+
+_XRead32 requires the output variable to be a long, but
+`ReadClientValues` feeds it client->value which is a
+32-bit allocation.
+
+This commit changes the code to use _XRead instead, which
+properly handles 32-bit output variables.
+
+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxres/-/issues/3
+---
+ src/XRes.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/XRes.c b/src/XRes.c
+index 2bee277..90e72c9 100644
+--- a/src/XRes.c
++++ b/src/XRes.c
+@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static Bool ReadClientValues(
+         _XRead32 (dpy, &value, 4);
+         client->length = value;
+         client->value = malloc(client->length);
+-        _XRead32 (dpy, client->value, client->length);
++        _XRead (dpy, client->value, client->length);
+     }
+     return True;
+ }
+-- 
+2.28.0
+
diff --git a/libXres.spec b/libXres.spec
index db5215f..5bdd0c7 100644
--- a/libXres.spec
+++ b/libXres.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: X-Resource extension client library
 Name: libXres
 Version: 1.2.0
-Release: 9%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 URL: http://www.x.org
 
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Source2:    commitid
 %else
 Source0: https://www.x.org/pub/individual/lib/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 %endif
+# Fixes a bug which causes metacity 3.38.0+ to crash on startup:
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888993
+# https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxres/-/issues/3
+# https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxres/-/merge_requests/1
+Patch0: 0001-XRes-Use-_XRead-instead-of-_XRead32-for-reading-pid.patch
 
 Requires: libX11 >= 1.5.99.902
 
@@ -37,6 +42,7 @@ X.Org X11 libXres development package
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{tarball}-%{?gitdate:%{gitdate}}%{!?gitdate:%{version}}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -v --install --force
@@ -66,6 +72,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 21 2020 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 1.2.0-10
+- Backport upstream MR #1 to fix RHBZ #1888993 (metacity crash)
+
 * Tue Jul 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.0-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild