diff --git a/libreoffice-5.2.3.3-gtk3.patch b/libreoffice-5.2.3.3-gtk3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c6c4e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libreoffice-5.2.3.3-gtk3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -urN libreoffice-5.2.3.3/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx libreoffice-5.2.3.3-patched/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx
+--- libreoffice-5.2.3.3/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx	2016-10-29 00:50:26.000000000 +1000
++++ libreoffice-5.2.3.3-patched/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx	2016-11-14 23:54:15.921687817 +1000
+@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@
+         return svp_create_SalInstance();
+ 
+     SalInstance* pInst = nullptr;
++    // Disable gtk3 plugin for now unless explicitly requested via
++    // SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 (would ideally depend on experimental mode, but
++    // reading the experimental mode setting requires the UNO service manager
++    // which has not yet been instantiated):
++    if (!bForce && rModuleBase == "gtk3")
++    {
++        return nullptr;
++    }
+     OUString aModule(
+ #ifdef SAL_DLLPREFIX
+             SAL_DLLPREFIX
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index ff3407c..87ac31e 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Summary:	Office suite
 Name:		libreoffice
 Epoch:		1
 Version:	5.1.6
-Release:	1
+Release:	2
 License:	(MPLv1.1 or LGPLv3+) and LGPLv3 and LGPLv2+ and BSD and (MPLv1.1 or GPLv2 or LGPLv2 or Netscape) and Public Domain and ASL 2.0 and Artistic
 Group:		Office
 Url:		http://www.libreoffice.org
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ Patch101:	libreoffice-5.1.1.3-desktop-categories.patch
 Patch102:	libreoffice-4.4.2.2-desktop-protocols.patch
 #Patch103:	libreoffice-5.1.1.3-desktop-startcenter-nodisplay.patch
 Patch104:	libreoffice-5.1.2.2-desktop-startcenter-nomate.patch
+# Disable gtk3 plugin unless explicitly requested via SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3
+# It's still very experimental and doesn't work properly
+Patch105:	libreoffice-5.2.3.3-gtk3.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	bison
 BuildRequires:	bsh