diff --git a/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/Makefile b/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/Makefile
index acb9f7e9de32..477b914f8117 100644
--- a/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.3
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.4
 CATEGORIES=	x11 xfce
 MASTER_SITES=	XFCE/src/panel-plugins/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:R}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	xfce4
diff --git a/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/distinfo b/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/distinfo
index dfb9cf06225b..43dc4e8fd9a3 100644
--- a/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/distinfo
+++ b/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1501993696
-SHA256 (xfce4/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-1.7.3.tar.bz2) = 608faec0ed635754431e3086aa35a345c5f62163d4c6d15c12a4aac074bac56a
-SIZE (xfce4/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-1.7.3.tar.bz2) = 163309
+TIMESTAMP = 1510599884
+SHA256 (xfce4/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-1.7.4.tar.bz2) = 248e02c5a2854a1631e57ccb70541b9c6303b1460e4cd5b401226e817661c749
+SIZE (xfce4/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-1.7.4.tar.bz2) = 163655
diff --git a/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/files/patch-panel-plugin_launcher.h b/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/files/patch-panel-plugin_launcher.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70e671fa0d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/files/patch-panel-plugin_launcher.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- panel-plugin/launcher.h.orig	2017-09-15 12:19:56 UTC
++++ panel-plugin/launcher.h
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ namespace WhiskerMenu
+ {
+ 
+-struct DesktopAction
++class DesktopAction
+ {
+ #ifdef GARCON_TYPE_MENU_ITEM_ACTION
+