diff --git a/gtk/gtkiconcache.patch b/gtk/gtkiconcache.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..245ec11ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtk/gtkiconcache.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- trunk/gtk/gtkiconcache.c	2007/09/14 01:01:59	18822
++++ trunk/gtk/gtkiconcache.c	2007/09/14 02:11:01	18823
+@@ -127,14 +127,19 @@
+   info.n_directories = 0;
+   info.flags = CHECK_OFFSETS|CHECK_STRINGS;
+ 
+-  if (!_gtk_icon_cache_validate (&info))
++#ifdef G_ENABLE_DEBUG
++  if (gtk_debug_flags & GTK_DEBUG_ICONTHEME)
+     {
+-      g_mapped_file_free (map);
+-      g_warning ("Icon cache '%s' is invalid\n", cache_filename);
++      if (!_gtk_icon_cache_validate (&info))
++        {
++          g_mapped_file_free (map);
++          g_warning ("Icon cache '%s' is invalid\n", cache_filename);
+ 
+-      goto done;
++          goto done;
++        }
+     }
+-  
++#endif 
++
+   GTK_NOTE (ICONTHEME, g_print ("found cache for %s\n", path));
+ 
+   cache = g_new0 (GtkIconCache, 1);