diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 545b5d4..dc6575a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /conky-1.10.8.tar.gz
+/conky-1.11.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/conky.spec b/conky.spec
index add043c..bb15a9a 100644
--- a/conky.spec
+++ b/conky.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 %bcond_without xinerama
 
 Name:           conky 
-Version:        1.10.8
+Version:        1.11.3
 Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        A system monitor for X 
 
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ BuildRequires:  lua-devel
 # needed to generate documentation in the git snapshot
 BuildRequires:  docbook2X docbook-style-xsl man
 BuildRequires:  cmake git
+BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 
 %description
 A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code. but more kickass. 
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.
 # remove some options from CFLAGS
 sed -i 's/\(-Werror\|-Wno-format\|-pedantic\)//g' cmake/ConkyBuildOptions.cmake
 
+# and use our CFLAGS
+sed -i '/set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS/,+5d' cmake/ConkyBuildOptions.cmake
+
 # our tolua++ is linked with lua 5.3
 sed -i \
        -e 's|\(LUA REQUIRED\) lua5.1 lua-5.1 lua51 lua|\1 lua>=5.3|' \
@@ -103,6 +107,11 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/conky
 install -m644 -p data/conky.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/conky
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/conky-*
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/libconky_core.a
+
+
+%check
+desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/conky.desktop
 
 
 %files
@@ -113,6 +122,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/conky-*
 %if %{with lua_cairo} || %{with lua_imlib}
 %{_libdir}/conky
 %endif
+%{_datadir}/applications/conky.desktop
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/conky*
 %{_mandir}/man1/conky.1*
 
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 12372b3..a1816e5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (conky-1.10.8.tar.gz) = 743b1d17db4ae654c7a319fe9157e9ebc5eb4ae0462a1f7269332d379e8bdd1dbfecc3ab6f46c8b5176b7e40918301649ac3ee883a84dc4fc8d766abbac6585a
+SHA512 (conky-1.11.3.tar.gz) = 1552af85cee607064cb05b8033dd519163f8de0bd60b459a419a18b9b62b38d7364a7df5f33579c98ee20cb7ae8638a03a468f7839100dac6a8ec9119754b9ca