diff --git a/lxterminal-0.1.7-fix-path.patch b/lxterminal-0.1.7-fix-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b347aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxterminal-0.1.7-fix-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/lxterminal.c
++++ b/src/lxterminal.c
+@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static Term *terminal_new(LXTerminal *te
+ 	if (exec) {
+ 		gchar **command;
+ 		g_shell_parse_argv(exec, NULL, &command, NULL);
+-		term->pid = vte_terminal_fork_command(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte), (const char *)*(command), command, env, "/tmp", FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
++		term->pid = vte_terminal_fork_command(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte), (const char *)*(command), command, env, pwd, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
+ 		g_strfreev(command);
+ 	} else {
+ 		term->pid = vte_terminal_fork_command(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte), NULL, NULL, env, pwd, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
diff --git a/lxterminal.changes b/lxterminal.changes
index 14b9709..8958750 100644
--- a/lxterminal.changes
+++ b/lxterminal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 10 16:15:04 UTC 2010 - andrea@opensuse.org
+
+- added lxterminal-0.1.7-fix-path.patch now -e option will work
+  again with commands not in the $PATH, example:
+  lxterminal -e ./command
+  will work again now 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar  1 23:46:09 UTC 2010 - andrea@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/lxterminal.spec b/lxterminal.spec
index ce3d5ba..36d7c31 100644
--- a/lxterminal.spec
+++ b/lxterminal.spec
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@
 
 Name:           lxterminal
 Version:        0.1.7
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Summary:        Lightweight LXDE Terminal
 Group:          System/X11/Utilities
 License:        GPL
 Url:            http://www.lxde.org/
 Source0:        %name-%version.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         %name-0.1.6-disable-f10.patch
+Patch1:         %name-0.1.7-fix-path.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  fdupes gtk2-devel intltool pkg-config update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  docbook-utils docbook-xsl-stylesheets libxslt-devel vte-devel
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ of the LXDE project
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"