diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/libqtxdg/files/0001-xdgdesktopfile-handle-Path-entry-for-working-directo.patch b/recipes-lxqt/libqtxdg/files/0001-xdgdesktopfile-handle-Path-entry-for-working-directo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f01f61a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/libqtxdg/files/0001-xdgdesktopfile-handle-Path-entry-for-working-directo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From 242089585196bab92cb7d0ff04b1cc6926d7d43d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:08:22 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] xdgdesktopfile: handle 'Path' entry for working directory
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+it is an optional enty of the specification [1]
+
+http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s05.html
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [2]
+
+[2] https://github.com/lxde/libqtxdg/pull/69
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+---
+ xdgdesktopfile.cpp | 7 ++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/xdgdesktopfile.cpp b/xdgdesktopfile.cpp
+index 75a80bf..61c4449 100644
+--- a/xdgdesktopfile.cpp
++++ b/xdgdesktopfile.cpp
+@@ -383,12 +383,17 @@ bool XdgDesktopFileData::startApplicationDetached(const XdgDesktopFile *q, const
+     }
+ 
+     QString cmd = args.takeFirst();
++    QString workingDir = q->value("Path").toString();
++    if (!workingDir.isEmpty() && !QDir(workingDir).exists())
++	    workingDir = QString();
+ 
+     if (nonDetach)
+     {
+         QScopedPointer<QProcess> p(new QProcess);
+         p->setStandardInputFile(QProcess::nullDevice());
+         p->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
++        if (!workingDir.isEmpty())
++            p->setWorkingDirectory(workingDir);
+         p->start(cmd, args);
+         bool started = p->waitForStarted();
+         if (started)
+@@ -400,7 +405,7 @@ bool XdgDesktopFileData::startApplicationDetached(const XdgDesktopFile *q, const
+     }
+     else
+     {
+-        return QProcess::startDetached(cmd, args);
++        return QProcess::startDetached(cmd, args, workingDir);
+     }
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/recipes-lxqt/libqtxdg/libqtxdg_git.bb b/recipes-lxqt/libqtxdg/libqtxdg_git.bb
index 85b5375f..4c8a1845 100644
--- a/recipes-lxqt/libqtxdg/libqtxdg_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-lxqt/libqtxdg/libqtxdg_git.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ inherit lxqt cmake-lib
 # libmagic is supplied by file
 DEPENDS += "file"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-xdgdesktopfile-handle-Path-entry-for-working-directo.patch"
 SRCREV = "b65a324bcd2fc498f8a01eb56dfb54ae05e9b0b2"
 PV = "1.3.0"