diff --git a/0003-glib-2.31-build-fixes.patch b/0003-glib-2.31-build-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86f5ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-glib-2.31-build-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+From ecfc461fd979aeb2d3ce4b9d811e4bf4a7730532 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jiri Moskovcak <jmoskovc@redhat.com>
+Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:04:54 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 3/3] - glib 2.31 build fixes
+
+---
+ src/applet/applet.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
+ src/gui-gtk/main.c  |    4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/applet/applet.c b/src/applet/applet.c
+index 95b7091..bead61f 100644
+--- a/src/applet/applet.c
++++ b/src/applet/applet.c
+@@ -766,10 +766,20 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
+     textdomain(PACKAGE);
+ #endif
+ 
++  /* Glib 2.31:
++    * Major changes to threading and synchronisation
++     - threading is now always enabled in GLib
++     - support for custom thread implementations (including our own internal
++     - support for errorcheck mutexes) has been removed
++  */
++#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 31)
++    //can't use log(), because g_verbose is not set yet
++    g_print("abrt-applet: glib < 2.31 - init threading\n");
+     /* Need to be thread safe */
+     g_thread_init(NULL);
+     gdk_threads_init();
+     gdk_threads_enter();
++#endif
+ 
+     gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
+ 
+@@ -869,8 +879,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
+ 
+     /* Enter main loop */
+     gtk_main();
+-
++#if (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION < 31)
+     gdk_threads_leave();
++#endif
++
+     if (notify_is_initted())
+         notify_uninit();
+ 
+diff --git a/src/gui-gtk/main.c b/src/gui-gtk/main.c
+index b31509b..a24745a 100644
+--- a/src/gui-gtk/main.c
++++ b/src/gui-gtk/main.c
+@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static gboolean handle_signal_pipe(GIOChannel *gio, GIOCondition condition, gpoi
+      */
+     gchar buf[16];
+     gsize bytes_read;
+-    g_io_channel_read(gio, buf, sizeof(buf), &bytes_read);
++    g_io_channel_read_chars(gio, buf, sizeof(buf), &bytes_read, NULL);
+ 
+     /* Destroy zombies */
+     while (safe_waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) > 0)
+@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ static gboolean handle_inotify_cb(GIOChannel *gio, GIOCondition condition, gpoin
+     /* We read inotify events, but don't analyze them */
+     gchar buf[sizeof(struct inotify_event) + PATH_MAX + 64];
+     gsize bytes_read;
+-    while (g_io_channel_read(gio, buf, sizeof(buf), &bytes_read) == G_IO_ERROR_NONE
++    while (g_io_channel_read_chars(gio, buf, sizeof(buf), &bytes_read, NULL) == G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL
+         && bytes_read > 0
+     ) {
+         continue;
+-- 
+1.7.7
+