diff --git a/0001-Only-move-XAUTHORITY-if-it-s-temporary.patch b/0001-Only-move-XAUTHORITY-if-it-s-temporary.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d52212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Only-move-XAUTHORITY-if-it-s-temporary.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 8040d22c25eb950e8206af7ff20dcd958267de10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fabian Vogt <fabian@ritter-vogt.de>
+Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:54:26 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Only move XAUTHORITY if it's temporary
+References: boo#1084798
+
+If kdeinit is started within a session spawned by kdesu or similiar, it has
+a temporary file as $XAUTHORITY. As kdeinit is persistent, the used .Xauthority
+file must persist as well otherwise launched child process would have no access
+to X. kdeinit works around the file's volatileness by copying it to a known
+location. Unfortunately the chosen location (/tmp) gets cleared regularly which
+means it's even more volatile than the source...
+
+Even more unfortunately, this workaround is applied WAY to broad. Even when
+$XAUTHORITY points to a static file, like in a normal user session, it moves
+.Xauthority around.
+
+Work around this issue by only applying it if $XAUTHORITY is in /tmp, where
+kdesu places it.
+---
+ src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp b/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
+index 0c2c35a..54a390f 100644
+--- a/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
++++ b/src/kdeinit/kinit.cpp
+@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static void setupX()
+         as well, point XAUTHORITY there and never remove the file (except for possible
+         tmp cleanup).
+     */
+-    if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("XAUTHORITY")) {
++    if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("XAUTHORITY") && qgetenv("XAUTHORITY").startsWith("/tmp/")) {
+         QByteArray display = qgetenv(displayEnvVarName_c());
+         int i;
+         if ((i = display.lastIndexOf('.')) > display.lastIndexOf(':') && i >= 0) {
+-- 
+2.16.2
+
diff --git a/kinit-5.43.0.tar.xz b/kinit-5.43.0.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index f8a80bc..0000000
--- a/kinit-5.43.0.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:eda5f372db7b08484c7109aa9077c7a2d36ddb17ed6b4e82703b13b427c93fcb
-size 120776
diff --git a/kinit-5.44.0.tar.xz b/kinit-5.44.0.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f74a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kinit-5.44.0.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e5a7ff6f7f04175538ffbec7c311162f9e0bc7eb41c1b3c718e9f9012bad7fec
+size 120716
diff --git a/kinit.changes b/kinit.changes
index cd0476b..2bad659 100644
--- a/kinit.changes
+++ b/kinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 14 13:21:57 UTC 2018 - fabian@ritter-vogt.de
+
+- Add patch to not move XAUTHORITY around if not required (boo#1084798):
+  * 0001-Only-move-XAUTHORITY-if-it-s-temporary.patch
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 12 23:29:41 CET 2018 - lbeltrame@kde.org
+
+- Update to 5.44.0
+  * New feature release
+  * For more details please see:
+  * https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.44.0.php
+- Changes since 5.43.0:
+  * None
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 12 23:42:09 CET 2018 - lbeltrame@kde.org
 
diff --git a/kinit.spec b/kinit.spec
index 9f88cdf..dfaf70a 100644
--- a/kinit.spec
+++ b/kinit.spec
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 
 %bcond_without lang
-%define _tar_path 5.43
+%define _tar_path 5.44
 # Full KF5 version (e.g. 5.33.0)
 %{!?_kf5_version: %global _kf5_version %{version}}
 # Last major and minor KF5 version (e.g. 5.33)
 %{!?_kf5_bugfix_version: %global _kf5_bugfix_version %(echo %{_kf5_version} | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2}')}
 Name:           kinit
-Version:        5.43.0
+Version:        5.44.0
 Release:        0
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.0
 BuildRequires:  extra-cmake-modules >= %{_kf5_bugfix_version}
@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xcb)
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang = %{version}
 %endif
 Summary:        Helper library to speed up start of applications on KDE workspaces
-License:        LGPL-2.1+
+License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          System/GUI/KDE
 Url:            http://www.kde.org
 Source:         http://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/%{_tar_path}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE fpie.patch  -- add -(f)pie link flags to start_kdeinit target
 Patch0:         fpie.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE
+Patch1:         0001-Only-move-XAUTHORITY-if-it-s-temporary.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ booting UNIX. Development files.
 %lang_package
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
+%autopatch -p1
 
 %build
   %cmake_kf5 -d build