diff --git a/gail-make-resident.patch b/gail-make-resident.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8293fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gail-make-resident.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -up gtk+-2.14.3/modules/other/gail/gail.c.make-resident gtk+-2.14.3/modules/other/gail/gail.c
+--- gtk+-2.14.3/modules/other/gail/gail.c.make-resident	2008-10-03 22:42:20.000000000 -0400
++++ gtk+-2.14.3/modules/other/gail/gail.c	2008-10-03 22:38:18.000000000 -0400
+@@ -981,3 +981,11 @@ gtk_module_init (gint *argc, char** argv
+   return 0;
+ }
+ 
++const char *
++g_module_check_init (GModule *module)
++{
++    g_module_make_resident (module);
++
++    return NULL;
++}
++
diff --git a/gtk2.spec b/gtk2.spec
index fe2038a..2eaef19 100644
--- a/gtk2.spec
+++ b/gtk2.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 Summary: The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X
 Name: gtk2
 Version: %{base_version}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 Source: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.14/gtk+-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Patch1: gtk+-2.11.1-set-invisible-char-to-bullet.patch
 # see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463773
 Patch2: workaround.patch
 
+# http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554950
+Patch3: gail-make-resident.patch
+
 BuildRequires: atk-devel >= %{atk_version}
 BuildRequires: pango-devel >= %{pango_version}
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
@@ -116,6 +119,7 @@ docs for the GTK+ widget toolkit.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .lib64
 %patch1 -p1 -b .set-invisible-char-to-bullet
 %patch2 -p1 -b .workaround
+%patch3 -p1 -b .gail-make-resident
 
 for i in config.guess config.sub ; do
   test -f %{_datadir}/libtool/$i && cp %{_datadir}/libtool/$i .
@@ -297,6 +301,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/gtk-2.0
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct  3 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.14.3-3
+- Prevent unloading of the gail module
+
 * Thu Sep 25 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.14.3-2
 - Move message catalogs for properties to the -devel package