diff --git a/emacs-pdf-default.patch b/emacs-pdf-default.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8b1d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs-pdf-default.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/lisp/org/org.el b/lisp/org/org.el
+index cc4c93f..285b71c 100644
+--- a/lisp/org/org.el
++++ b/lisp/org/org.el
+@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ See `org-file-apps'.")
+     (auto-mode . emacs)
+     ("\\.mm\\'" . default)
+     ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
+-    ("\\.pdf\\'" . default)
++    ("\\.pdf\\'" . xdg-open)
+     )
+   "External applications for opening `file:path' items in a document.
+ Org-mode uses system defaults for different file types, but
diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index 15e3af8..b65b297 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Summary: GNU Emacs text editor
 Name: emacs
 Epoch: 1
 Version: 24.3
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Release: 11%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
 Group: Applications/Editors
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Patch12: emacs-gtk-warning.patch
 Patch13: emacs-help-update.patch
 # Fix for emacs bug #948838
 Patch14: emacs-maximized.patch
+# Fix for default PDF viewer bug #971162
+Patch15: emacs-pdf-default.patch
 # Fix for emacs bug #13460.
 Patch100: emacs-24.3-hunspell.patch
 # Fix for emacs bug #827033
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ packages that add functionality to Emacs.
 %patch12 -p1 -b .gtk-warning.patch
 %patch13 -p1 -b .help-update.patch
 %patch14 -p1 -b .maximized.patch
+%patch15 -p1 -b .pdf-default.patch
 
 %patch100 -p1 -b .hunspell
 %patch101 -p1 -b .hunspell.2
@@ -461,6 +464,9 @@ update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
 %dir %{_datadir}/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 14 2013 Jaromir Koncicky <jkoncick@redhat.com> - 1:24.3-11
+- Fix default PDF viewer (#971162)
+
 * Fri Aug 09 2013 Petr Hracek <phracek@redhat.com> - 1:24.3-10
 - emacs -mm (maximized) does not work (#985729)