diff --git a/rpmlint.changes b/rpmlint.changes
index 270d23f..2b5c4de 100644
--- a/rpmlint.changes
+++ b/rpmlint.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  6 09:21:04 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- add xdg-check-exception.diff:
+  handle xdg menu files without exec entry (bnc#833384) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 31 11:42:54 UTC 2013 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index 45c5cd5..9ef7fbd 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ Patch89:        suse-python-abi-check.diff
 Patch91:        suse-manpages-for-rc-scripts.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM: lnussel@suse.de - Fix setgroups error name
 Patch92:        rpmlint-1.5-Fix-setgroups-error-name.diff
+Patch93:        xdg-check-exception.diff
 
 %py_requires
 
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ source packages can be checked.
 %patch89
 %patch91 -p1
 %patch92 -p1
+%patch93 -p1
 cp -p %{SOURCE2} .
 # Only move top-level python files 
 chmod 0755 rpmlint-checks-master/*.py
diff --git a/xdg-check-exception.diff b/xdg-check-exception.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39fd135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xdg-check-exception.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/MenuXDGCheck.py b/MenuXDGCheck.py
+index 0996585..29085d5 100644
+--- a/MenuXDGCheck.py
++++ b/MenuXDGCheck.py
+@@ -40,13 +40,16 @@ class MenuXDGCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractFilesCheck):
+             printError(pkg, 'non-utf8-desktopfile', filename)
+ 
+         self.cfp.read(f)
+-        binary = self.cfp.get('Desktop Entry','Exec').split(' ',1)[0]
++        binary = None
+         found = False
+-        for i in STANDARD_BIN_DIRS:
+-            if os.path.exists(root + i + binary):
+-                # no need to check if the binary is +x, rpmlint does it
+-                # in another place
+-                found = True
++        if self.cfp.has_option('Desktop Entry','Exec'):
++            binary = self.cfp.get('Desktop Entry','Exec').split(' ',1)[0]
++
++            for i in STANDARD_BIN_DIRS:
++                if os.path.exists(root + i + binary):
++                    # no need to check if the binary is +x, rpmlint does it
++                    # in another place
++                    found = True
+         if not found and binary:
+             printWarning(pkg, 'desktopfile-without-binary', filename, binary)
+