new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+From 95244ee0d1f3184e2c2cae9d33095dc03829b10e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Ga=C3=ABl=20Bonithon?= <gael@xfce.org>
+Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:07:56 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Handle cases where there are no plugins gracefully
+
+Not sure it makes much sense to allow the cache plugin not to be built,
+but then again, why not? It could be replaced by a customized
+implementation, and it has always been possible not to build it, so we
+might as well leave it as it is.
+
+Fixes: #109
+(cherry picked from commit b4f4db4bfc1a45f0a405c4516e38394a44c90fcf)
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler/-/commit/95244ee0d1f3184e2c2cae9d33095dc03829b10e]
+
+Signed-off-by: Zhang Peng <peng.zhang1.cn@windriver.com>
+---
+ tumbler/tumbler-cache-plugin.c | 5 ++++-
+ tumblerd/tumbler-registry.c | 7 ++++++-
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tumbler/tumbler-cache-plugin.c b/tumbler/tumbler-cache-plugin.c
+index 50700a3..e308638 100644
+--- a/tumbler/tumbler-cache-plugin.c
++++ b/tumbler/tumbler-cache-plugin.c
+@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ tumbler_cache_plugin_get_default (void)
+ g_object_add_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (plugin), (gpointer) &plugin);
+
+ if (!g_type_module_use (G_TYPE_MODULE (plugin)))
+- return NULL;
++ {
++ g_object_unref (plugin);
++ return NULL;
++ }
+ }
+
+ return G_TYPE_MODULE (plugin);
+diff --git a/tumblerd/tumbler-registry.c b/tumblerd/tumbler-registry.c
+index 705dbc9..b58e831 100644
+--- a/tumblerd/tumbler-registry.c
++++ b/tumblerd/tumbler-registry.c
+@@ -534,7 +534,12 @@ tumbler_registry_update_supported (TumblerRegistry *registry)
+
+ /* abort if there are no thumbnailers */
+ if (thumbnailers == NULL)
+- return;
++ {
++ /* we need NULL-terminated arrays for the _get_supported() dbus call anyway */
++ registry->uri_schemes = g_new0 (gchar *, 1);
++ registry->mime_types = g_new0 (gchar *, 1);
++ return;
++ }
+
+ /* clear visited flag of all thumbnailers */
+ for (lp = thumbnailers; lp != NULL; lp = lp->next)
+--
+2.50.0
+
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ DEPENDS = "xfce4-dev-tools-native libxfce4util"
inherit xfce gtk-doc systemd
+SRC_URI += " file://0001-Handle-cases-where-there-are-no-plugins-gracefully.patch"
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "87b90df8f30144a292d70889e710c8619d8b8803f0e1db3280a4293367a42eae"
INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "dev-so"