diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/patches/revert-revert-4976e81.patch b/srcpkgs/glib/patches/revert-revert-4976e81.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9377a8237e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/patches/revert-revert-4976e81.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+This reverts the revert https://github.com/GNOME/glib/commit/4976e8109045b8aa72598668b809418d13e1f031
+as it turns out to make e.g. LibreOffice eat 100% CPU ( #10807 )
+
+--- glib/gmain.c	2018-01-08 21:00:49.000000000 +0100
++++ glib/gmain.c	2018-01-14 15:30:18.688036447 +0100
+@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@
+ 
+   guint next_id;
+   GList *source_lists;
+-  gint in_check_or_prepare;
++  gboolean in_check_or_prepare;
++  gboolean need_wakeup;
+ 
+   GPollRec *poll_records;
+   guint n_poll_records;
+@@ -651,6 +652,7 @@
+   
+   context->pending_dispatches = g_ptr_array_new ();
+   
++  context->need_wakeup = FALSE;
+   context->time_is_fresh = FALSE;
+   
+   context->wakeup = g_wakeup_new ();
+@@ -1127,17 +1129,11 @@
+ static void
+ conditional_wakeup (GMainContext *context)
+ {
+-  /* We want to signal wakeups in two cases:
+-   *  1 When the context is owned by another thread
+-   *  2 When the context owner is NULL (two subcases)
+-   *   2a Possible if the context has never been acquired
+-   *   2b Or if the context has no current owner
+-   *
+-   * At least case 2a) is necessary to ensure backwards compatibility with
+-   * qemu's use of GMainContext.
+-   * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761102#c14
++  /* This flag is set if at the start of prepare() we have no other ready
++   * sources, and hence would wait in poll(). In that case, any other threads
++   * attaching sources will need to signal a wakeup.
+    */
+-  if (context->owner != G_THREAD_SELF)
++  if (context->need_wakeup)
+     g_wakeup_signal (context->wakeup);
+ }
+ 
+@@ -3400,6 +3396,10 @@
+   
+   LOCK_CONTEXT (context);
+ 
++  /* context->need_wakeup is protected by LOCK_CONTEXT/UNLOCK_CONTEXT,
++   * so need not set it yet.
++   */
++
+   context->time_is_fresh = FALSE;
+ 
+   if (context->in_check_or_prepare)
+@@ -3525,6 +3525,8 @@
+ 	}
+     }
+   g_source_iter_clear (&iter);
++  /* See conditional_wakeup() where this is used */
++  context->need_wakeup = (n_ready == 0);
+ 
+   TRACE (GLIB_MAIN_CONTEXT_AFTER_PREPARE (context, current_priority, n_ready));
+ 
+@@ -3659,6 +3661,12 @@
+ 
+   TRACE (GLIB_MAIN_CONTEXT_BEFORE_CHECK (context, max_priority, fds, n_fds));
+ 
++  /* We don't need to wakeup during check or dispatch, because
++   * all sources will be re-evaluated during prepare/query.
++   */
++  context->need_wakeup = FALSE;
++
++  /* And if we have a wakeup pending, acknowledge it */
+   for (i = 0; i < n_fds; i++)
+     {
+       if (fds[i].fd == context->wake_up_rec.fd)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index f03e22322df..3edd60a640e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
 version=2.54.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libelf --disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config perl python libxslt docbook-xsl"