diff --git a/phonon-4.4.3-flac_mimetype.patch b/phonon-4.4.3-flac_mimetype.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eef6a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phonon-4.4.3-flac_mimetype.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -up phonon-4.4.3/gstreamer/backend.cpp.flac_mimetype phonon-4.4.3/gstreamer/backend.cpp
+--- phonon-4.4.3/gstreamer/backend.cpp.flac_mimetype	2010-11-24 12:26:19.000000000 -0600
++++ phonon-4.4.3/gstreamer/backend.cpp	2010-11-30 07:29:31.005424613 -0600
+@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ QStringList Backend::availableMimeTypes(
+         if (!availableMimeTypes.contains("audio/ogg")) /* *.oga */
+             availableMimeTypes.append("audio/ogg");
+     }
++    if (availableMimeTypes.contains("audio/x-flac")) {
++        if (!availableMimeTypes.contains("audio/flac")) {
++            availableMimeTypes.append("audio/flac");
++        }
++    }
+     availableMimeTypes.sort();
+     return availableMimeTypes;
+ }
diff --git a/phonon.spec b/phonon.spec
index f6ee3b3..17a2c8d 100644
--- a/phonon.spec
+++ b/phonon.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Summary: Multimedia framework api
 Name:    phonon
 Version: 4.4.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL:     http://phonon.kde.org/
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Source16: hi128-phonon-gstreamer.png
 Patch52: phonon-4.3.50-gstreamer-fix-seekable-query-failed.patch
 Patch53: phonon-4.3.50-phonon-allow-stop-empty-source.patch
 
+## Ubuntu/upstreamable patches
+Patch60: phonon-4.4.3-flac_mimetype.patch
+
 ## Upstream patches
 
 BuildRequires: automoc4 >= 0.9.86
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ Provides:  %{name}-backend-gst = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %patch52 -p1 -b .gstreamer-fix-seekable-query-failed
 %patch53 -p1 -b .phonon-allow-stop-empty-source
+%patch60 -p1 -b .flac_mimetype
 
 
 %build
@@ -198,6 +202,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_kde4_iconsdir}/hicolor &> /dev/null ||:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 30 2010 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.3-2
+- recognize audio/flac in gstreamer backend (kde#257488)
+
 * Wed Nov 24 2010 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.3-1
 - phonon-4.4.3