diff --git a/kdebase-workspace/PKGBUILD b/kdebase-workspace/PKGBUILD
index 4d3f26a55..8ae4c8ac8 100644
--- a/kdebase-workspace/PKGBUILD
+++ b/kdebase-workspace/PKGBUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pkgname=('kdebase-workspace'
 
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 pkgver=${_kdever}
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 
 pkgdesc="split package"
 url="http://www.kde.org"
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ source=($_mirror/${_origname}-$_kdever.tar.bz2
 
 #	feature_kdm-plymouth.patch
 
-	screensaver-sleep.patch)
+	screensaver-sleep.patch
+	malloc_check.patch)
 
 md5sums=(`grep ${_origname}-$_kdever.tar.bz2 ../kde-sc.md5 | cut -d" " -f1`
         'f355a658d2e9267fdf4e8d8f88038bcf' # mishaaq-kcm_touchpad-00370b5.tar.gz
@@ -125,7 +126,9 @@ md5sums=(`grep ${_origname}-$_kdever.tar.bz2 ../kde-sc.md5 | cut -d" " -f1`
 #        '894815a80f99a9a0dee1adbcda49b161' #  feature_battery-tooltip.patch
 #        '9b97ac1b4deb8d0c8ca7afffb80b4320' #  feature_history-notifications-enable-disable-kde#119207.patch
 #        '42b3b5e09372c57910c3435e63e2dfd6' #  feature_kdm-plymouth.patch
-        'bf36e9cc623c7c3da6668e560e29975c')  #  screensaver-sleep.patch
+        'bf36e9cc623c7c3da6668e560e29975c'  #  screensaver-sleep.patch
+        '3d10907980fe73ebbb3e323c69ade74a') #  malloc_check.patch
+
 
 #
 # build function
@@ -175,7 +178,8 @@ build()
 
 	msg "applying arch patches ..."
         patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/screensaver-sleep.patch || return 1 # FS#19426  
-
+        # remove MALLOC_CHECK from startkde script
+        patch -Np0 -i ${srcdir}/malloc_check.patch
 
 
 
diff --git a/kdebase-workspace/malloc_check.patch b/kdebase-workspace/malloc_check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72b429d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdebase-workspace/malloc_check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- startkde.cmake.old	2010-08-11 19:45:21.546666823 +0200
++++ startkde.cmake	2010-08-11 19:45:34.563333482 +0200
+@@ -36,18 +36,6 @@
+ # we have to unset this for Darwin since it will screw up KDE's dynamic-loading
+ unset DYLD_FORCE_FLAT_NAMESPACE
+ 
+-# Enable lightweight memory corruption checker if not already set
+-# -- this is for trunk only, we remove it for releases
+-if [ "x$MALLOC_CHECK_" = "x" ] && [ -x /lib/libc.so.6 ]; then
+-    # Extract the first two components of the version from the output.
+-    glibc_version=$(LC_ALL=C /lib/libc.so.6 | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]\.[0-9]\+\).*/\1/;s/\.\([0-9]\)$/.0\1/;q')
+-
+-    MALLOC_CHECK_=2 # Default to 2 unless glibc 2.9 or higher.
+-    test $glibc_version \> 2.08 && MALLOC_CHECK_=3
+-
+-    export MALLOC_CHECK_
+-fi
+-
+ # Boot sequence:
+ #
+ # kdeinit is used to fork off processes which improves memory usage