diff -Nru software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/changelog software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/changelog
--- software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/changelog	2012-03-05 10:00:06.000000000 -0500
+++ software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/changelog	2012-09-08 19:09:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+software-center (5.1.2debian2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * debian/patches/gst_import.patch: Wrap import of GStreamer in a
+    try/except (Close: #671768).
+  * Build-depend on quilt.
+
+ -- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b@gmail.com>  Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:05:21 -0400
+
 software-center (5.1.2debian2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Upload to unstable; no further changes. A newer upstream version
diff -Nru software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/control software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/control
--- software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/control	2011-11-21 06:38:07.000000000 -0500
+++ software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/control	2012-09-08 19:08:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
                python,
                python-distutils-extra,
                python-setuptools,
-               python-scour
+               python-scour,
+               quilt
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 X-Python-Version: >= 2.7
 Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~juliank/software-center/debian/
diff -Nru software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/patches/gst_import.patch software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/patches/gst_import.patch
--- software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/patches/gst_import.patch	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/patches/gst_import.patch	2012-09-08 19:04:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Description: Wrap import of GStreamer in a try/except.
+ The VideoPlayerGtk3 class does not actually seem to be used anywhere, so we
+ can safely not import GStreamer.
+Author: Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b@gmail.com>
+Origin: upstream
+Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/893247
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=671768
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Applied-Upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~software-store-developers/software-center/trunk/revision/2568#softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/videoplayer.py
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+Index: software-center-5.1.2debian2/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/videoplayer.py
+===================================================================
+--- software-center-5.1.2debian2.orig/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/videoplayer.py	2011-11-20 07:50:50.000000000 -0500
++++ software-center-5.1.2debian2/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/videoplayer.py	2012-09-08 18:44:46.176163911 -0400
+@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
+ 
+ from gettext import gettext as _
+ from gi.repository import Gdk
+-from gi.repository import Gst
++try:
++    from gi.repository import Gst
++except ImportError:
++    pass
+ from gi.repository import Gtk
+ from gi.repository import WebKit
+ 
diff -Nru software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/patches/series software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/patches/series
--- software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/patches/series	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/patches/series	2012-09-08 18:43:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gst_import.patch
diff -Nru software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/rules software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/rules
--- software-center-5.1.2debian2/debian/rules	2011-11-21 06:36:29.000000000 -0500
+++ software-center-5.1.2debian2.1/debian/rules	2012-09-08 19:12:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 share:=usr/share/software-center
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with=python2,scour
+	dh $@ --with=python2,scour,quilt
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	python setup.py build_i18n