diff --git a/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4-qgtkstyle_disable_gtk_theme_check.patch b/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4-qgtkstyle_disable_gtk_theme_check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1510564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4-qgtkstyle_disable_gtk_theme_check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle.cpp.disable_gtk_theme_check qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle.cpp
+diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle_p.cpp.disable_gtk_theme_check qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle_p.cpp
+--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle_p.cpp.disable_gtk_theme_check	2012-11-23 04:09:53.000000000 -0600
++++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle_p.cpp	2013-01-04 11:37:22.111481756 -0600
+@@ -503,21 +503,6 @@ void QGtkStylePrivate::initGtkWidgets()
+         return;
+     }
+ 
+-    static QString themeName;
+-    if (!gtkWidgetMap()->contains("GtkWindow") && themeName.isEmpty()) {
+-        themeName = getThemeName();
+-
+-        if (themeName.isEmpty()) {
+-            qWarning("QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.");
+-            return;
+-        } else if (themeName == QLS("Qt") || themeName == QLS("Qt4")) {
+-            // Due to namespace conflicts with Qt3 and obvious recursion with Qt4,
+-            // we cannot support the GTK_Qt Gtk engine
+-            qWarning("QGtkStyle cannot be used together with the GTK_Qt engine.");
+-            return;
+-        }
+-    }
+-
+     if (QGtkStylePrivate::gtk_init) {
+         // Gtk will set the Qt error handler so we have to reset it afterwards
+         x11ErrorHandler qt_x_errhandler = XSetErrorHandler(0);
diff --git a/qt.spec b/qt.spec
index 4a1fbae..6d4ee5a 100644
--- a/qt.spec
+++ b/qt.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Summary: Qt toolkit
 Name:    qt
 Epoch:   1
 Version: 4.8.4
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 
 # See LGPL_EXCEPTIONS.txt, LICENSE.GPL3, respectively, for exception details
 License: (LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions) and ASL 2.0 and BSD and FTL and MIT
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ Patch100: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1-qtgahandle.patch
 # QSslSocket may report incorrect errors when certificate verification fails
 # https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,42461
 Patch101: 0054-Fix-binary-incompatibility-between-openssl-versions.patch
+# backported from Qt5 (essentially)
+# http://bugzilla.redhat.com/702493
+# https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-5545
+Patch102: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.4-qgtkstyle_disable_gtk_theme_check.patch
 
 # security patches
 # CVE-2011-3922 qt: Stack-based buffer overflow in embedded harfbuzz code
@@ -467,6 +471,7 @@ rm -fv mkspecs/linux-g++*/qmake.conf.multilib-optflags
 # upstream patches
 %patch100 -p1 -b .QTgaHandler
 %patch101 -p1 -b .0054
+%patch102 -p1 -b .qgtkstyle_disable_gtk_theme_check
 
 # security fixes
 %patch200 -p1 -b .CVE-2011-3922
@@ -1109,6 +1114,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 04 2013 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 1:4.8.4-5
+- QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme (#702493, QTBUG-5545))
+
 * Fri Jan 04 2013 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 1:4.8.4-4
 - QSslSocket may report incorrect errors when certificate verification fails