diff --git a/gio/ChangeLog b/gio/ChangeLog
index ab0ded2ec..2367521b6 100644
--- a/gio/ChangeLog
+++ b/gio/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-04-16  Michael Meeks  <michael.meeks@novell.com>
+
+	* gdesktopappinfo.c (g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename): 
+	tolerate an empty TryExec= line without failing; nautilus used
+	to create launchers with these in previous versions. Fixes #528433
+
 2008-04-09  Padraig O'Briain  <padraig.obriain@sun.com>
 
 	* gdesktopappinfo.c: In g_app_info_create_from_commandline set comment
diff --git a/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c b/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
index c43f040cd..64e91eea0 100644
--- a/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gdesktopappinfo.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename (const char *filename)
                                     G_KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_GROUP,
                                     G_KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_KEY_TRY_EXEC,
                                     NULL);
-  if (try_exec)
+  if (try_exec && try_exec[0] != '\0')
     {
       char *t;
       t = g_find_program_in_path (try_exec);