diff --git a/0001-reneg-sec.patch b/0001-reneg-sec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13c8e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-reneg-sec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+From 5124acb300405946602b4ff048bf7499e6d82347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 10:47:49 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] service: only set reneg-sec option in TLS mode
+
+Fixes: bfc4464c9b6d7a00be013eee9a4132a1f9c6fbb9
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749050
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225218
+
+(cherry picked from commit 0fd197dc4221708dd37ee256952e8d080356676e)
+---
+ src/nm-openvpn-service.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/nm-openvpn-service.c b/src/nm-openvpn-service.c
+index 7cb9438..0a4d5bf 100644
+--- a/src/nm-openvpn-service.c
++++ b/src/nm-openvpn-service.c
+@@ -733,6 +733,14 @@ validate_connection_type (const char *ctype)
+ 	return NULL;
+ }
+ 
++static gboolean
++connection_type_is_tls_mode (const char *connection_type)
++{
++	return strcmp (connection_type, NM_OPENVPN_CONTYPE_TLS) == 0
++	    || strcmp (connection_type, NM_OPENVPN_CONTYPE_PASSWORD) == 0
++	    || strcmp (connection_type, NM_OPENVPN_CONTYPE_PASSWORD_TLS) == 0;
++}
++
+ static const char *
+ nm_find_openvpn (void)
+ {
+@@ -1108,7 +1116,10 @@ nm_openvpn_start_openvpn_binary (NMOpenvpnPlugin *plugin,
+ 
+ 	/* Reneg seconds */
+ 	tmp = nm_setting_vpn_get_data_item (s_vpn, NM_OPENVPN_KEY_RENEG_SECONDS);
+-	if (tmp && strlen (tmp)) {
++	if (!connection_type_is_tls_mode (connection_type)) {
++		/* Ignore --reneg-sec option if we are not in TLS mode (as enabled
++		 * by --client below). openvpn will error out otherwise, see bgo#749050. */
++	} else if (tmp && strlen (tmp)) {
+ 		add_openvpn_arg (args, "--reneg-sec");
+ 		if (!add_openvpn_arg_int (args, tmp)) {
+ 			g_set_error (error,
+-- 
+2.1.0
+
diff --git a/NetworkManager-openvpn.spec b/NetworkManager-openvpn.spec
index a22fc73..0dcb3df 100644
--- a/NetworkManager-openvpn.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager-openvpn.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary:   NetworkManager VPN plugin for OpenVPN
 Name:      NetworkManager-openvpn
 Epoch:     1
 Version:   1.0.2
-Release:   1%{?snapshot}%{?dist}
+Release:   2%{?snapshot}%{?dist}
 License:   GPLv2+
 URL:       http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
 Group:     System Environment/Base
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Group:     System Environment/Base
 # mv NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.9.0.tar.bz2 NetworkManager-openvpn-0.9.9.0-5afb8eb.tar.bz2
 Source0:   http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/%{name}/1.0/%{name}-%{version}%{?commit:-%{commit}}.tar.xz
 
+Patch0:    0001-reneg-sec.patch
+
 BuildRequires: gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires: dbus-devel
 BuildRequires: NetworkManager-devel
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ the OpenVPN server with NetworkManager (GNOME files).
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1 -b .0001-reneg-sec.orig
 
 %build
 if [ ! -f configure ]; then
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/NetworkManager/lib*.la
 %{_datadir}/gnome-vpn-properties/openvpn/nm-openvpn-dialog.ui
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 28 2015 Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> - 1:1.0.2-2
+- core: fix static-key connections failure due to reneg-sec (rh #1225218)
+
 * Tue May 5 2015 Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk> - 1:1.0.2-1
 - Update to 1.0.2 release