diff --git a/winpdb-1.4.8-gnome-fix.patch b/winpdb-1.4.8-gnome-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a64c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winpdb-1.4.8-gnome-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up winpdb-1.4.8/rpdb2.py.gnomefix winpdb-1.4.8/rpdb2.py
+--- winpdb-1.4.8/rpdb2.py.gnomefix	2014-12-04 15:19:38.972288993 -0500
++++ winpdb-1.4.8/rpdb2.py	2014-12-04 15:19:47.279229223 -0500
+@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ osSpawn = {
+     NT_DEBUG: 'start "rpdb2 - Version ' + get_version() + ' - Debuggee Console" cmd.exe /K ""%(exec)s" %(options)s"', 
+     POSIX: "%(term)s -e %(shell)s -c '%(exec)s %(options)s; %(shell)s' &", 
+     'Terminal': "Terminal --disable-server -x %(shell)s -c '%(exec)s %(options)s; %(shell)s' &", 
+-    GNOME_DEFAULT_TERM: "gnome-terminal --disable-factory -x %(shell)s -c '%(exec)s %(options)s; %(shell)s' &", 
++    GNOME_DEFAULT_TERM: "gnome-terminal -x %(shell)s -c '%(exec)s %(options)s; %(shell)s' &", 
+     MAC: '%(exec)s %(options)s',
+     DARWIN: '%(exec)s %(options)s',
+     SCREEN: 'screen -t debuggee_console %(exec)s %(options)s'
diff --git a/winpdb.spec b/winpdb.spec
index a3687c2..1ee64db 100644
--- a/winpdb.spec
+++ b/winpdb.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		winpdb
 Version:	1.4.8
-Release:	7%{?dist}
+Release:	8%{?dist}
 Summary:	An advanced python debugger
 Group:		Development/Debuggers
 License:	GPLv2+
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ URL:		http://www.winpdb.org/
 Source0:	http://winpdb.googlecode.com/files/winpdb-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:	%{name}.desktop
 Source2:	%{name}.png
+Patch0:		winpdb-1.4.8-gnome-fix.patch
 BuildArch:	noarch
 BuildRequires: 	python2-devel, wxPython-devel >= 2.6, desktop-file-utils
 Requires:	python-crypto, wxPython >= 2.6
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ communication and speed of up to 20 times that of pdb.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .gnomefix
 sed -i 's/\r//g' README.txt
 chmod -x README.txt
 
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ chmod +x $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitelib}/rpdb2.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitel
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}.png
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec  4 2014 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.8-8
+- fix issue where winpdb doesn't launch in gnome-terminal properly anymore (bz1149030)
+
 * Sun Jun 08 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.8-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild