diff --git a/appstream-0.14.0-upstream-Do_not_automatically_clean_up_errors_that_will_be_propagated.patch b/appstream-0.14.0-upstream-Do_not_automatically_clean_up_errors_that_will_be_propagated.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25e05b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appstream-0.14.0-upstream-Do_not_automatically_clean_up_errors_that_will_be_propagated.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From 306eb287a36a2779c304fe47b5473e468c7bd0f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
+Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 02:51:08 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not automatically clean up errors that will be propagated
+
+---
+ compose/asc-image.c | 2 +-
+ src/as-metadata.c   | 8 ++++----
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/compose/asc-image.c b/compose/asc-image.c
+index 1db354b1..a886c06f 100644
+--- a/compose/asc-image.c
++++ b/compose/asc-image.c
+@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ asc_optimize_png (const gchar *fname, GError **error)
+ 	g_autofree gchar *opng_stdout = NULL;
+ 	g_autofree gchar *opng_stderr = NULL;
+ 	g_autofree const gchar **argv = NULL;
+-	g_autoptr(GError) tmp_error = NULL;
++	GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+ 
+ 	if (!asc_globals_get_use_optipng ())
+ 		return TRUE;
+diff --git a/src/as-metadata.c b/src/as-metadata.c
+index 9e8848d9..b6c28d26 100644
+--- a/src/as-metadata.c
++++ b/src/as-metadata.c
+@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ as_metadata_parse_file (AsMetadata *metad, GFile *file, AsFormatKind format, GEr
+ 	g_autoptr(GInputStream) stream_data = NULL;
+ 	g_autoptr(GConverter) conv = NULL;
+ 	g_autoptr(GString) asdata = NULL;
+-	g_autoptr(GError) tmp_error = NULL;
++	GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+ 	gssize len;
+ 	const gsize buffer_size = 1024 * 32;
+ 	g_autofree gchar *buffer = NULL;
+@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ as_metadata_parse_file (AsMetadata *metad, GFile *file, AsFormatKind format, GEr
+ 
+ 	asdata = g_string_new ("");
+ 	buffer = g_malloc (buffer_size);
+-	while ((len = g_input_stream_read (stream_data, buffer, buffer_size, NULL, error)) > 0) {
++	while ((len = g_input_stream_read (stream_data, buffer, buffer_size, NULL, &tmp_error)) > 0) {
+ 		g_string_append_len (asdata, buffer, len);
+ 	}
+ 	/* check if there was an error */
+@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ gboolean
+ as_metadata_save_metainfo (AsMetadata *metad, const gchar *fname, AsFormatKind format, GError **error)
+ {
+ 	g_autofree gchar *xml_data = NULL;
+-	g_autoptr(GError) tmp_error = NULL;
++	GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+ 
+ 	xml_data = as_metadata_component_to_metainfo (metad, format, &tmp_error);
+ 	if (tmp_error != NULL) {
+@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ gboolean
+ as_metadata_save_collection (AsMetadata *metad, const gchar *fname, AsFormatKind format, GError **error)
+ {
+ 	g_autofree gchar *data = NULL;
+-	g_autoptr(GError) tmp_error = NULL;
++	GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+ 
+ 	data = as_metadata_components_to_collection (metad, format, &tmp_error);
+ 	if (tmp_error != NULL) {
diff --git a/appstream.spec b/appstream.spec
index 12ea341..432f1e7 100644
--- a/appstream.spec
+++ b/appstream.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          appstream
 Version:       0.14.0
-Release:       1mamba
+Release:       2mamba
 Summary:       Tools and libraries to work with AppStream metadata
 Group:         System/Tools
 Vendor:        openmamba
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ Distribution:  openmamba
 Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 URL:           https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
 Source:        https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/releases/AppStream-%{version}.tar.xz
+Patch0:        appstream-0.14.0-upstream-Do_not_automatically_clean_up_errors_that_will_be_propagated.patch
 License:       GPL, LGPL
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: ldconfig
 BuildRequires: libgcc
 BuildRequires: libglib-devel
 BuildRequires: liblmdb-devel
 BuildRequires: libqt5-devel
+BuildRequires: libsoup-devel
 BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
 BuildRequires: libstemmer-devel
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications tha
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n AppStream-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %meson \
@@ -125,6 +129,9 @@ export DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/libAppStreamQt.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 10 2021 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.14.0-2mamba
+- added upstream patch to fix crash on applications that use this library (e.g. discover)
+
 * Tue Feb 02 2021 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 0.14.0-1mamba
 - automatic version update by autodist