diff --git a/desktop/kde/applications/kdepim-runtime/files/fix-data-loss-bug-in-ical.patch b/desktop/kde/applications/kdepim-runtime/files/fix-data-loss-bug-in-ical.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4767b5b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/kde/applications/kdepim-runtime/files/fix-data-loss-bug-in-ical.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h b/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h
+index f3c19aa..3f41499 100644
+--- a/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h
++++ b/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
+         , mSettings(new Settings(config()))
+     {
+         // The resource needs network when the path refers to a non local file.
+-        setNeedsNetwork(!QUrl(mSettings->path()).isLocalFile());
++        setNeedsNetwork(!QUrl::fromUserInput(mSettings->path()).isLocalFile());
+     }
+     ~SingleFileResource()
+     {
+@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public:
+             return;
+         }
+ 
+-        mCurrentUrl = QUrl(mSettings->path()); // path already has scheme
++        mCurrentUrl = QUrl::fromUserInput(mSettings->path()); // the string contains the scheme if remote, doesn't if local path
+         if (mCurrentHash.isEmpty())
+         {
+             // First call to readFile() lets see if there is a hash stored in a
+--  
diff --git a/desktop/kde/applications/kdepim-runtime/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/applications/kdepim-runtime/pspec.xml
index f0ec89481f..e27f20ad1b 100644
--- a/desktop/kde/applications/kdepim-runtime/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/applications/kdepim-runtime/pspec.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
             <Dependency>prison-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>qt5-speech-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
+        <Patches>
+            <Patch level="1">fix-data-loss-bug-in-ical.patch</Patch>
+        </Patches>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>