diff --git a/hplip.changes b/hplip.changes
index 23d4619..356d59e 100644
--- a/hplip.changes
+++ b/hplip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 12 21:03:40 UTC 2017 - mgorse@suse.com
+
+- Add no-systray-failure-message.patch: don't display an error if
+  unable to find a system tray (boo#1061211). 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct  4 14:28:17 UTC 2017 - mwilck@suse.com
 
diff --git a/hplip.spec b/hplip.spec
index 913e699..8bcb97a 100644
--- a/hplip.spec
+++ b/hplip.spec
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Patch107:       hplip-udev-rules-in-usr.patch
 # Patch108 add_missing_includes_and_define_GNU_SOURCE.patch adds missing '#include <...>'
 # and missing '#define _GNU_SOURCE' see https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1456590
 Patch108:       add_missing_includes_and_define_GNU_SOURCE.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE: GNOME no longer provides a system tray, so don't warn the user that we can't find it
+Patch109:       no-systray-failure-message.patch
 # Patch200 fixes device communication and detection via MDNS in some network setups:
 Patch200:       hplip-mdns.patch
 # Patch201 makes MDNS lookups more robust by retrying queries:
@@ -368,6 +370,7 @@ This sub-package is only required by developers.
 # Patch108 add_missing_includes_and_define_GNU_SOURCE.patch adds missing '#include <...>'
 # and missing '#define _GNU_SOURCE' see https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1456590
 %patch108 -p1 -b .add_missing_includes_and_define_GNU_SOURCE.orig
+%patch109 -p1 -b systemtray.py.orig
 %patch200 -p1 -b .mdns
 %patch201 -p1 -b .mdns-retry
 
diff --git a/no-systray-failure-message.patch b/no-systray-failure-message.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da5c560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no-systray-failure-message.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff -urp hplip-3.17.9.orig/ui5/systemtray.py hplip-3.17.9/ui5/systemtray.py
+--- hplip-3.17.9.orig/ui5/systemtray.py	2017-09-19 02:29:18.000000000 -0500
++++ hplip-3.17.9/ui5/systemtray.py	2017-10-12 15:39:43.456026353 -0500
+@@ -848,12 +848,7 @@ def run(read_pipe):
+         i += 1
+ 
+     if not QSystemTrayIcon.isSystemTrayAvailable():
+-        FailureUI(None,
+-            QApplication.translate("SystemTray",
+-            "<b>No system tray detected on this system.</b><p>Unable to start, exiting.</p>",
+-            None),
+-            QApplication.translate("SystemTray", "HPLIP Status Service",
+-            None))
++        exit(0)
+     else:
+         notifier = QSocketNotifier(read_pipe, QSocketNotifier.Read)
+         # QObject.notifier.activated[int].connect(app.notifierActivated)