diff --git a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/0001_drop_the_SolarMutex_before_QApplication.patch b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/0001_drop_the_SolarMutex_before_QApplication.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a17c7530d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/0001_drop_the_SolarMutex_before_QApplication.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+From db43e8a2a02adaa3571137b82855c01fad4c2534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:21:43 +0000
+Subject: rhbz#2047319 drop the SolarMutex before QApplication::init()
+
+https://invent.kde.org/qt/qt/qtwayland/-/merge_requests/24#note_383915
+
+reproducible with with qt5-qtwayland-5.15.2-17.fc35.x86_64 and
+export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=plasma5
+export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3
+
+Change-Id: Icdf6b8709865c723c266e6400169b33639a1b0e4
+Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/129428
+Tested-by: Jenkins
+Reviewed-by: Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn@posteo.de>
+---
+ shell/Library_kf5be.mk                     |  1 +
+ shell/source/backends/kf5be/kf5backend.cxx | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
+ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/shell/Library_kf5be.mk b/shell/Library_kf5be.mk
+index 628145176e0f..157f8b9836f8 100644
+--- a/shell/Library_kf5be.mk
++++ b/shell/Library_kf5be.mk
+@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Library_use_libraries,kf5be1,\
+ 	cppu \
+ 	cppuhelper \
+ 	sal \
++	vcl \
+ ))
+ 
+ $(eval $(call gb_Library_set_componentfile,kf5be1,shell/source/backends/kf5be/kf5be1))
+diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kf5be/kf5backend.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kf5be/kf5backend.cxx
+index e9e10e60fd27..2b41414c54cd 100644
+--- a/shell/source/backends/kf5be/kf5backend.cxx
++++ b/shell/source/backends/kf5be/kf5backend.cxx
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
+ #include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+ #include <sal/types.h>
+ #include <uno/current_context.hxx>
++#include <vcl/svapp.hxx>
+ 
+ #include <osl/process.h>
+ #include <osl/thread.h>
+@@ -172,14 +173,20 @@ void initQApp(std::map<OUString, css::beans::Optional<css::uno::Any>>& rSettings
+         unsetenv("SESSION_MANAGER");
+     }
+ 
+-    std::unique_ptr<QApplication> app(new QApplication(nFakeArgc, pFakeArgv));
+-    QObject::connect(app.get(), &QObject::destroyed, app.get(), [nFakeArgc, pFakeArgv]() {
+-        for (int i = 0; i < nFakeArgc; ++i)
+-            free(pFakeArgv[i]);
+-        delete[] pFakeArgv;
+-    });
+-
+-    readKDESettings(rSettings);
++    {
++        // rhbz#2047319 drop the SolarMutex during the execution of QApplication::init()
++        // https://invent.kde.org/qt/qt/qtwayland/-/merge_requests/24#note_383915
++        SolarMutexReleaser aReleaser; // rhbz#2047319 drop the SolarMutex during the execution
++
++        std::unique_ptr<QApplication> app(new QApplication(nFakeArgc, pFakeArgv));
++        QObject::connect(app.get(), &QObject::destroyed, app.get(), [nFakeArgc, pFakeArgv]() {
++            for (int i = 0; i < nFakeArgc; ++i)
++                free(pFakeArgv[i]);
++            delete[] pFakeArgv;
++        });
++
++        readKDESettings(rSettings);
++    }
+ 
+     if (session_manager != nullptr)
+     {
+-- 
+cgit v1.2.1
+
diff --git a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
index 6d18242cc..c566552cf 100644
--- a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pkgbase=libreoffice-fresh
 pkgname=('libreoffice-fresh-sdk' 'libreoffice-fresh')
 _LOver=7.3.0.3
 pkgver=7.3.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 arch=('x86_64')
 license=('LGPL3')
 url="https://www.libreoffice.org/"
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ source=(${_mirror}/libreoffice{,-help,-translations}-${_LOver}.tar.xz{,.asc}
 	${_additional_source_url2}/185d60944ea767075d27247c3162b3bc-unowinreg.dll
 	make-pyuno-work-with-system-wide-module-install.diff
 	fix-lto-build-without-clang.patch
+	0001_drop_the_SolarMutex_before_QApplication.patch
 	soffice-template.desktop.in 
 	libreoffice-fresh.sh libreoffice-fresh.csh)
 noextract=(35c94d2df8893241173de1d16b6034c0-swingExSrc.zip
@@ -120,10 +121,11 @@ sha256sums=('98d369c9541f0c3286345b93f448f2ceb2e344865ee01bdd58f3bb27f08f3f25'
             'eafde646a7dbe46d20c291685b0beac2382174d78d66ee990e229a1bf6e6cec6'
             'c463654a73ecfbc242ff109726fb4faecdbfb3d91affafe919b24bea65afb563'
             'bbbeec2ed1b9b3054e70c4cee9837a40fb89a11edbb73718533945f109ea683e'
+            '81a8551aaea0ab1750d36fb8bfbd04340a43eaab349a43c1384d21ef6504ab47'
             'd0be8099cbee3c9dfda694a828149b881c345b204ab68826f317580aafb50879'
             'cd1b25ff390e436c6bffa65c6e12382236e3ccbf8d3aae51b1b59bcaed79fd8a'
             'de20f36d45f0fecc2d94176dd3ec7226ab07fa8ffb9b0bc73c200349a9273de1')
-	    
+
 prepare() {
 
 	cd libreoffice-$_LOver
@@ -146,6 +148,9 @@ prepare() {
 	# fix LTO build when clang is not present
 	patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/fix-lto-build-without-clang.patch
 
+	# fix crash on start - FS#73471
+	patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/0001_drop_the_SolarMutex_before_QApplication.patch
+
 	#use the CFLAGS but remove the LibO overridden ones
 	for i in $CFLAGS; do
 		case "$i" in