diff --git a/apper-0.9.3-crashfix.patch b/apper-0.9.3-crashfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db4915f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apper-0.9.3-crashfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up apper-0.9.3/Apper/MainUi.cpp.crashfix apper-0.9.3/Apper/MainUi.cpp
+--- apper-0.9.3/Apper/MainUi.cpp.crashfix	2017-03-13 15:49:58.000000000 -0500
++++ apper-0.9.3/Apper/MainUi.cpp	2018-02-07 15:53:26.165469416 -0600
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ MainUi::MainUi(QWidget *parent) :
+     KPageWidgetItem *page = addModule(QLatin1String("kcm_apper.desktop"),
+                                       QStringList() << QLatin1String("apper"));
+     if (page) {
+-        KCModuleProxy *proxy = static_cast<KCModuleProxy*>(page->widget());
++        KCModuleProxy *proxy = qobject_cast<KCModuleProxy*>(page->widget());
+         if (proxy) {
+             m_apperModule = proxy->realModule();
+             connect(m_apperModule, SIGNAL(caption(QString)),
diff --git a/apper.spec b/apper.spec
index 87e0bbf..7237fbf 100644
--- a/apper.spec
+++ b/apper.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Name:    apper
 Summary: KDE interface for PackageKit
 Version: 0.9.3
-Release: 0.10.%{snap}%{?dist}
+Release: 0.11.%{snap}%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv2+
 %if 0%{?snap:1}
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ URL:     https://cgit.kde.org/apper.git
 ## upstreamable patches
 # https://phabricator.kde.org/D5193
 Patch100: https://phabricator.kde.org/file/data/dos4duccaqmjmlpc3vzo/PHID-FILE-zig6gg67s5y7fp2e4p7w/D5193.diff
+Patch101: apper-0.9.3-crashfix.patch
 
 Obsoletes: kpackagekit < 0.7.0
 Provides:  kpackagekit = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -147,6 +148,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.3-0.11.20170226
+- (branch) include candidate upstream crashfix
+
 * Wed Aug 02 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.3-0.10.20170226
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild