diff --git a/debian/patches/0001-Fail-if-opening-the-connection-fails.patch b/debian/patches/0001-Fail-if-opening-the-connection-fails.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53c7a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0001-Fail-if-opening-the-connection-fails.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Guido=20G=C3=BCnther?= <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:05:24 +0200
+Subject: Fail if opening the connection fails
+
+instead of returning True. Which then fails with the misleading error
+
+(virt-viewer:18631): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to add a widget with type
+VncDisplay to a container of type VirtViewerDisplayVnc, but the widget is
+already inside a container of type VirtViewerDisplayVnc, please use
+gtk_widget_reparent()
+---
+ src/virt-viewer.c |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/virt-viewer.c b/src/virt-viewer.c
+index 3143104..572e9e6 100644
+--- a/src/virt-viewer.c
++++ b/src/virt-viewer.c
+@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ virt_viewer_open_connection(VirtViewerApp *self G_GNUC_UNUSED, int *fd)
+         DEBUG_LOG("Error %s", err && err->message ? err->message : "Unknown");
+         close(pair[0]);
+         close(pair[1]);
+-        return TRUE;
++        return FALSE;
+     }
+     close(pair[0]);
+     *fd = pair[1];
diff --git a/debian/patches/0002-Don-t-fail-early-if-virDomainOpenGraphics-fails.patch b/debian/patches/0002-Don-t-fail-early-if-virDomainOpenGraphics-fails.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..905a9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0002-Don-t-fail-early-if-virDomainOpenGraphics-fails.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Guido=20G=C3=BCnther?= <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:56:07 +0200
+Subject: Don't fail early if virDomainOpenGraphics fails
+
+virt_viewer_app_open_connection invokes virDomainOpenGraphics which only works
+for local connections. Returning after this failure makes us never reach the
+ssh part so this unbreaks connections tunneled over ssh.
+---
+ src/virt-viewer-app.c |    3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/virt-viewer-app.c b/src/virt-viewer-app.c
+index def52c5..28dc8cb 100644
+--- a/src/virt-viewer-app.c
++++ b/src/virt-viewer-app.c
+@@ -820,8 +820,7 @@ virt_viewer_app_default_activate(VirtViewerApp *self)
+     VirtViewerAppPrivate *priv = self->priv;
+     int fd = -1;
+ 
+-    if (!virt_viewer_app_open_connection(self, &fd))
+-        return -1;
++    virt_viewer_app_open_connection(self, &fd);
+ 
+     DEBUG_LOG("After open connection callback fd=%d", fd);
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c39d1b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+0001-Fail-if-opening-the-connection-fails.patch
+0002-Don-t-fail-early-if-virDomainOpenGraphics-fails.patch