diff --git a/deja-dup-fix-setting-drive-volume.patch b/deja-dup-fix-setting-drive-volume.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9944eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deja-dup-fix-setting-drive-volume.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+From 3390fd1b0a906b8bd4d859922844b3d57b7f5fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Terry <mike@mterry.name>
+Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:41:38 -0400
+Subject: BackendDrive: Fix setting a drive volume
+
+Use get_uuid() instead of get_identifier(UUID) because it gets the
+user-friendly version (i.e. the unencrypted partition, not the outer
+LUKS partition).
+
+And actually set the drive UUID when choosing it in the settings.
+
+https://launchpad.net/bugs/1717230
+
+diff --git a/deja-dup/widgets/ConfigLocation.vala b/deja-dup/widgets/ConfigLocation.vala
+index d51d241..8bd092e 100644
+--- a/deja-dup/widgets/ConfigLocation.vala
++++ b/deja-dup/widgets/ConfigLocation.vala
+@@ -424,8 +424,7 @@ public class ConfigLocation : ConfigWidget
+   {
+     if (is_allowed_volume(v))
+     {
+-      add_volume_full(v.get_identifier(VolumeIdentifier.UUID),
+-                      v.get_name(), v.get_icon());
++      add_volume_full(v.get_uuid(), v.get_name(), v.get_icon());
+     }
+   }
+ 
+@@ -445,8 +444,7 @@ public class ConfigLocation : ConfigWidget
+ 
+   void update_volume(VolumeMonitor monitor, Volume v)
+   {
+-    update_volume_full(v.get_identifier(VolumeIdentifier.UUID),
+-                       v.get_name(), v.get_icon());
++    update_volume_full(v.get_uuid(), v.get_name(), v.get_icon());
+   }
+ 
+   void update_volume_full(string uuid, string name, Icon icon)
+@@ -460,7 +458,7 @@ public class ConfigLocation : ConfigWidget
+ 
+   void remove_volume(VolumeMonitor monitor, Volume v)
+   {
+-    remove_volume_full(v.get_identifier(VolumeIdentifier.UUID));
++    remove_volume_full(v.get_uuid());
+   }
+ 
+   void remove_volume_full(string uuid)
+@@ -622,6 +620,7 @@ public class ConfigLocation : ConfigWidget
+ 
+     // First things first, we must remember that we set a volume
+     all_settings[""].set_string(BACKEND_KEY, "drive");
++    all_settings[DRIVE_ROOT].set_string(DRIVE_UUID_KEY, uuid);
+ 
+     var vol = VolumeMonitor.get().get_volume_for_uuid(uuid);
+     if (vol == null) {
+diff --git a/libdeja/BackendDrive.vala b/libdeja/BackendDrive.vala
+index dcfe450..86c752c 100644
+--- a/libdeja/BackendDrive.vala
++++ b/libdeja/BackendDrive.vala
+@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class BackendDrive : BackendFile
+     var icon = volume.get_icon();
+ 
+     // sanity check that these writable settings are for this volume
+-    var vol_uuid = volume.get_identifier(VolumeIdentifier.UUID);
++    var vol_uuid = volume.get_uuid();
+     var settings_uuid = settings.get_string(DRIVE_UUID_KEY);
+     if (vol_uuid != settings_uuid)
+       return;
+-- 
+cgit v0.10.2
+
diff --git a/deja-dup.changes b/deja-dup.changes
index 7ef7a57..945e0e3 100644
--- a/deja-dup.changes
+++ b/deja-dup.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 15 20:17:15 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
+
+- Add deja-dup-fix-setting-drive-volume.patch: BackendDrive: Fix
+  setting a drive volume (lp#1717230).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 13 13:23:41 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/deja-dup.spec b/deja-dup.spec
index 859f4cb..1e47a87 100644
--- a/deja-dup.spec
+++ b/deja-dup.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Archiving/Backup
 Url:            https://launchpad.net/deja-dup
 Source0:        https://launchpad.net/deja-dup/36/%{version}/+download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM deja-dup-fix-setting-drive-volume.patch lp#1717230 zaitor@opensuse.org -- BackendDrive: Fix setting a drive volume
+Patch0:         deja-dup-fix-setting-drive-volume.patch
 # For make check to work, we need dbus-launch
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-x11
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ This package contains a plugin to integrate Déjà Dup into Nautilus.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wl,-rpath=%{_libdir}/%{name}"