diff --git a/rpm/0007-Set-GPG-homedir-when-reading-signatures.patch b/rpm/0007-Set-GPG-homedir-when-reading-signatures.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfc00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/0007-Set-GPG-homedir-when-reading-signatures.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 11d772131cf682b153071ec5a8b6986091c3ab75 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:07:33 +0100
+From: Andrew Branson <andrew.branson@jollamobile.com>
+Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:06:03 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Set GPG homedir when reading signatures. GPG won't start without a valid one.
+
+Not being able to create ~/.gnupg is a fatal error on startup for GPG
+
+diff --git a/zypp/KeyRing.cc b/zypp/KeyRing.cc
+index d9e0c9a..c39b872 100644
+--- a/zypp/KeyRing.cc
++++ b/zypp/KeyRing.cc
+@@ -564,6 +564,10 @@
+       return std::string();
+     }
+ 
++    if(!ctx->setHomedir(generalKeyRing())) {
++      ZYPP_THROW(KeyRingException(_("General keyring not found")));
++    }
++
+     std::list<std::string> fprs = ctx->readSignatureFingerprints(signature);
+     if (fprs.size()) {
+       std::string &id = fprs.back();
diff --git a/rpm/libzypp.spec b/rpm/libzypp.spec
index 3272421..219663c 100644
--- a/rpm/libzypp.spec
+++ b/rpm/libzypp.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Patch3:         0003-Ensure-that-the-destination-path-for-applyi.patch
 Patch4:         0004-Set-unrestricted-auth-curl-option.patch
 Patch5:         0005-disable-doc.patch
 Patch6:         0006-libzypp-Enable-netrcoptional-on-libcurl-to-allow-for.patch
+Patch7:         0007-Set-GPG-homedir-when-reading-signatures.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libudev-devel
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 
 %build
 mkdir -p build