diff --git a/desktop.diff b/desktop.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c3f55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- xterm.desktop.orig	2007-08-11 20:04:00.841459535 +0200
++++ xterm.desktop	2007-08-11 20:04:11.456014240 +0200
+@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
+ Terminal=false
+ Type=Application
+ Encoding=UTF-8
+-Icon=xterm-color_48x48.xpm
++Icon=terminal
+ Categories=System;
diff --git a/xterm.changes b/xterm.changes
index 26326b9..69303df 100644
--- a/xterm.changes
+++ b/xterm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 11 20:05:58 CEST 2007 - sndirsch@suse.de
+
+- changed icon to a transparent one (Bug #299596) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 24 17:25:38 CEST 2007 - mfabian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/xterm.spec b/xterm.spec
index 7e89c6f..c32cd9e 100644
--- a/xterm.spec
+++ b/xterm.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Group:          System/X11/Utilities
 Provides:       xorg-x11:/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm XFree86:/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        228
-Release:        1
+Release:        8
 Summary:        The basic X terminal program
 Source:         %name.tar.gz
 Source1:        luitx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Source20:       snooper.tar.bz2
 Patch1:         p_xterm-settings.diff  
 Patch2:         p_xterm-sigwinch.diff
 Patch3:         bug-246573-tentative-patch.diff
+Patch4:         desktop.diff
 Patch293793:    bugzilla-293793-do-not-insist-on-iso8859-fonts-for-the-menu.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch1 -p0 -b .xterm-settings
 %patch2 -p0 -b .xterm-sigwinch
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p0
 %patch293793 -p1
 cp $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/*bdf.bz2 .
 bunzip2 *.bdf.bz2
@@ -262,6 +264,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/share/pixmaps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Aug 11 2007 - sndirsch@suse.de
+- changed icon to a transparent one (Bug #299596)
 * Tue Jul 24 2007 - mfabian@suse.de
 - update to xterm-228.
   * modify  configure  script  to permit combining --with-utempter and