diff --git a/audio/sonata/Makefile b/audio/sonata/Makefile
index bf08b2d44470..5e37a698bf37 100644
--- a/audio/sonata/Makefile
+++ b/audio/sonata/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	sonata
 PORTVERSION=	1.6.2.1
-PORTREVISION=	7
+PORTREVISION=	8
 CATEGORIES=	audio python
 MASTER_SITES=	http://codingteam.net/project/sonata/upload/releases/
 
diff --git a/audio/sonata/files/patch-sonata_main.py b/audio/sonata/files/patch-sonata_main.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..34c009678bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/sonata/files/patch-sonata_main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- sonata/main.py.orig	2013-08-03 13:13:21.000000000 +0200
++++ sonata/main.py	2013-08-03 13:14:12.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3400,4 +3400,7 @@ class Base(object):
+ 		self.on_currsong_notify(force_popup=True)
+ 	
+ 	def main(self):
++		gtk.gdk.threads_init()
++		gtk.gdk.threads_enter()
+ 		gtk.main()
++		gtk.gdk.threads_leave()