diff --git a/PackageKit-mark-as-compulsory.patch b/PackageKit-mark-as-compulsory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a4c785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PackageKit-mark-as-compulsory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From d8f84f7e0a017e0b4df1e08a2a6be832c9fb3611 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
+Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 02:33:55 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] metainfo: Mark PK as compulsory for most desktops
+
+Ideally, AppStream needs a way to just mark a component as critical for
+the system to function and prevent its removal. But this is okay as a
+temporary fix.
+
+Resolves: #759
+---
+ data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml | 10 ++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml b/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml
+index 13b7a316d..ce47582a8 100644
+--- a/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml
++++ b/data/org.freedesktop.packagekit.metainfo.xml
+@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@
+   <url type="homepage">https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit</url>
+ 
+   <launchable type="service">packagekit.service</launchable>
++
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>Cinnamon</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>GNOME</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>KDE</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>LXQt</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>MATE</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>Pantheon</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>Unity</compulsory_for_desktop>
++  <compulsory_for_desktop>XFCE</compulsory_for_desktop>
++
+   <categories>
+     <category>System</category>
+   </categories>
diff --git a/PackageKit.changes b/PackageKit.changes
index 99f88d0..0cf3001 100644
--- a/PackageKit.changes
+++ b/PackageKit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 13 09:17:52 UTC 2024 - Alynx Zhou <alynx.zhou@suse.com>
+
+- Add PackageKit-mark-as-compulsory.patch: Prevent PackageKit from
+  user uninstallable for most desktops (bsc#1226269).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  5 14:14:09 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/PackageKit.spec b/PackageKit.spec
index 7c81ca7..3a03abc 100644
--- a/PackageKit.spec
+++ b/PackageKit.spec
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ Patch7:         PackageKit-zypp-disable-upgrade-system-in-sle.patch
 Patch15:        PackageKit-fix-pkcon-permission.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM PackageKit-dynamic-export.patch boo#1213309 dimstar@opensuse.org -- Fix loading modules when built with glib 2.70
 Patch16:        PackageKit-dynamic-export.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM PackageKit-mark-as-compulsory.patch bsc#1226269 alynx.zhou@suse.com -- Prevent PackageKit from user uninstallable
+Patch17:        PackageKit-mark-as-compulsory.patch
 
 # PATCH-FIX-SLE PackageKit-find-python-3-6.patch alynx.zhou@suse.com -- Build PackageKit with Python 3.6
 Patch1001:      PackageKit-find-python-3-6.patch
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ This package provides the upstream default configuration for PackageKit.
 %patch -P 7 -p1
 %patch -P 15 -p1
 %patch -P 16 -p1
+%patch -P 17 -p1
 %if 0%{?sle_version} && 0%{?sle_version} < 160000
 %patch -P 1001 -p1
 %endif