diff --git a/gnome-shell-cleanup-signal-handlers-on-destroy.patch b/gnome-shell-cleanup-signal-handlers-on-destroy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c19cd78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-shell-cleanup-signal-handlers-on-destroy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 7945c56a9f2cb5c2dc8736bc46e92d225cca9251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Giovanni Campagna <gcampagna@src.gnome.org>
+Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:18:25 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] IMStatusChooserItem: clean up signal handlers on destroy()
+
+Extensions (like alternative-status-menu) expect that calling
+destroy() on a menu item will not leave signal handlers around.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660520
+---
+ js/ui/userMenu.js |   15 +++++++++++++++
+ 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/js/ui/userMenu.js b/js/ui/userMenu.js
+index 40ca2f3..8bedfb9 100644
+--- a/js/ui/userMenu.js
++++ b/js/ui/userMenu.js
+@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@ IMStatusChooserItem.prototype = {
+         }));
+     },
+ 
++    destroy: function() {
++        // clean up signal handlers
++        if (this._userLoadedId != 0) {
++            this._user.disconnect(this._userLoadedId);
++            this._userLoadedId = 0;
++        }
++
++        if (this._userChangedId != 0) {
++            this._user.disconnect(this._userChangedId);
++            this._userChangedId = 0;
++        }
++
++        PopupMenu.PopupBaseMenuItem.prototype.destroy.call(this);
++    },
++
+     // Override getColumnWidths()/setColumnWidths() to make the item
+     // independent from the overall column layout of the menu
+     getColumnWidths: function() {
+-- 
+1.7.6.4
diff --git a/gnome-shell-fix-deprecated-call.patch b/gnome-shell-fix-deprecated-call.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f33b584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-shell-fix-deprecated-call.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From b62f5ef07d87db7835fa753fe1774a5ed32d871d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Florian=20M=C3=BCllner?= <fmuellner@gnome.org>
+Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:52:13 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] telepathy-client: Replace shell_util_new_from_string
+
+The function has been removed in commit 786cfbd3976, but one user
+was overlooked when replacing it.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661231
+---
+ js/ui/telepathyClient.js |    2 +-
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/js/ui/telepathyClient.js b/js/ui/telepathyClient.js
+index 695a12b..3c14eda 100644
+--- a/js/ui/telepathyClient.js
++++ b/js/ui/telepathyClient.js
+@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ MultiNotificationSource.prototype = {
+     },
+ 
+     createNotificationIcon: function() {
+-        return new St.Icon({ gicon: Shell.util_icon_from_string(this._icon),
++        return new St.Icon({ gicon: Gio.icon_new_for_string(this._icon),
+                              icon_type: St.IconType.FULLCOLOR,
+                              icon_size: this.ICON_SIZE });
+     }
+-- 
+1.7.7
+
diff --git a/gnome-shell.changes b/gnome-shell.changes
index d7efbec..300349d 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.changes
+++ b/gnome-shell.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 24 14:43:45 UTC 2011 - fcrozat@suse.com
+
+- Add gnome-shell-fix-deprecated-call.patch: fix deprecated call in
+  telepathy client [bgo#661231]
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 20 12:02:48 UTC 2011 - sysrich@linux.com
+
+- Add gnome-shell-cleanup-signal-handlers-on-destroy.patch to fix
+  some issue when using extensions changing the usermenu 
+  [bgo#660520 and bnc#725004]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 18 07:40:48 UTC 2011 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnome-shell.spec b/gnome-shell.spec
index 093ea89..9ccb819 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.spec
+++ b/gnome-shell.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Summary:        GNOME Shell
 Group:          System/GUI/GNOME
 Url:            http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell
 Source:         http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-shell/3.2/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM gnome-shell-cleanup-signal-handlers-on-destroy.patch bnc#725004 sysrich@linux.com -- patch to fix some issue when using extensions changing the usermenu
+Patch0:         gnome-shell-cleanup-signal-handlers-on-destroy.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM gnome-shell-fix-deprecated-call.patch bgo#661231 fcrozat@suse.com -- fix deprecated function call
+Patch1:         gnome-shell-fix-deprecated-call.patch
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
@@ -108,6 +112,8 @@ to enable, disable and install them.
 %lang_package
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 translation-update-upstream
 
 %build