diff -Nru mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/changelog mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/changelog
--- mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/changelog	2020-02-20 06:58:04.000000000 +0000
+++ mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/changelog	2020-03-22 23:17:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+mate-session-manager (1.24.0-2ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches:
+    + Add 0006-desktop-spec-v1.1.patch. Accept Desktop Entry Specification v1.1
+      (LP: #1863506)
+
+ -- Martin Wimpress <martin.wimpress@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 23:17:29 +0000
+
 mate-session-manager (1.24.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/control:
diff -Nru mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/0006-desktop-spec-v1.1.patch mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/0006-desktop-spec-v1.1.patch
--- mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/0006-desktop-spec-v1.1.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/0006-desktop-spec-v1.1.patch	2020-03-22 23:11:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Author: rbuj <robert.buj@gmail.com>
+Description: Accept Desktop Entry Specification v1.1
+
+diff --git a/egg/eggdesktopfile.c b/egg/eggdesktopfile.c
+index ce4d622..cfb96bb 100644
+--- a/egg/eggdesktopfile.c
++++ b/egg/eggdesktopfile.c
+@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ EggDesktopFile* egg_desktop_file_new_from_key_file(GKeyFile* key_file, const cha
+ 		{
+ 			g_warning("Invalid Version string '%s' in %s", version, source ? source : "(unknown)");
+ 		}
+-		else if (version_num > 1.0)
++		else if (version_num > 1.1)
+ 		{
+ 			g_set_error(error, EGG_DESKTOP_FILE_ERROR, EGG_DESKTOP_FILE_ERROR_INVALID, _("Unrecognized desktop file Version '%s'"), version);
+ 			g_free(version);
diff -Nru mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/series mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/series
--- mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/series	2019-12-15 15:08:50.000000000 +0000
+++ mate-session-manager-1.24.0/debian/patches/series	2020-03-22 23:13:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 0005_lock-session-before-user-switch.patch
+0006-desktop-spec-v1.1.patch