diff --git a/gnome-shell-panel-center-app-icon.patch b/gnome-shell-panel-center-app-icon.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc7299a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-shell-panel-center-app-icon.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 881d330bc0bb3735853dd6c522fcc6fed4646f1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Florian=20M=C3=BCllner?= <fmuellner@gnome.org>
+Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 12:25:13 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] panel: Center app icon
+
+Giving the icon extra space may distort it, so center it vertically.
+
+https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/2578
+
+
+(cherry picked from commit a9d73b10173b00024266fff49a4c3709ca56b93b)
+---
+ js/ui/panel.js | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/js/ui/panel.js b/js/ui/panel.js
+index 095b400de8..ef1ba6e128 100644
+--- a/js/ui/panel.js
++++ b/js/ui/panel.js
+@@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ var AppMenuButton = GObject.registerClass({
+                              this._onIconThemeChanged.bind(this));
+ 
+         let iconEffect = new Clutter.DesaturateEffect();
+-        this._iconBox = new St.Bin({ style_class: 'app-menu-icon' });
++        this._iconBox = new St.Bin({
++            style_class: 'app-menu-icon',
++            y_align: Clutter.ActorAlign.CENTER,
++        });
+         this._iconBox.add_effect(iconEffect);
+         this._container.add_actor(this._iconBox);
+ 
+-- 
+2.26.2
+
diff --git a/gnome-shell.changes b/gnome-shell.changes
index aeb5f92..db8474c 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.changes
+++ b/gnome-shell.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  7 19:27:38 UTC 2020 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Add gnome-shell-panel-center-app-icon.patch: panel: Center app
+  icon. Giving the icon extra space may distort it, so center it
+  vertically.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  7 03:13:27 UTC 2020 - Stasiek Michalski <stasiek@michalski.cc>
 
diff --git a/gnome-shell.spec b/gnome-shell.spec
index ef0fcbc..53d910b 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.spec
+++ b/gnome-shell.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Patch4:         gnome-shell-fate324570-Make-GDM-background-image-configurable.pa
 Patch5:         gnome-shell-jscSLE9267-Remove-sessionList-of-endSessionDialog.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM gnome-shell-Get-resource-scale-by-get_resource_scale.patch bsc#1169845 glgo#GNOME/gnome-shell!1206 xwang@suse.com -- Get resource scale by get_resource_scale
 Patch6:         gnome-shell-Get-resource-scale-by-get_resource_scale.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM gnome-shell-panel-center-app-icon.patch -- panel: Center app icon
+Patch7:         gnome-shell-panel-center-app-icon.patch
 
 ## NOTE: Keep SLE-only patches at bottom (starting on 1000).
 # PATCH-FEATURE-SLE gnome-shell-gdm-login-applet.patch fate#314545 dliang@suse.com -- Add an applet on login UI to display suse icon, product name, hostname.
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ This package contains an optional extensions app for managing GNOME Shell extens
 #patch4 -p1
 #patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 
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