diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/mutter/mutter/0002-avoid-unnecessary-relayouts-in-cluttertext.patch b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/mutter/mutter/0002-avoid-unnecessary-relayouts-in-cluttertext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..417e22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/mutter/mutter/0002-avoid-unnecessary-relayouts-in-cluttertext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+From 8286557a0555058440536e88393fda445d49d399 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Yussuf Khalil <dev@pp3345.net>
+Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:21:44 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] clutter: Avoid unnecessary relayouts in ClutterText
+
+We can save an unnecessary relayout if the required size to fully draw the text
+is equal to the currently allocated size after the underlying text buffer or
+attributes that only affect the PangoLayout have changed.
+---
+ clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
+ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
+index 4828a4cbd..4a6a74a0c 100644
+--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
++++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
+@@ -4511,6 +4511,27 @@ buffer_deleted_text (ClutterTextBuffer *buffer,
+     }
+ }
+ 
++static void
++clutter_text_queue_redraw_or_relayout (ClutterText *self)
++{
++  ClutterActor *actor = CLUTTER_ACTOR (self);
++  gfloat preferred_width;
++  gfloat preferred_height;
++
++  clutter_text_dirty_cache (self);
++
++  /* we're using our private implementations here to avoid the caching done by ClutterActor */
++  clutter_text_get_preferred_width (actor, -1, NULL, &preferred_width);
++  clutter_text_get_preferred_height (actor, preferred_width, NULL, &preferred_height);
++
++  if (clutter_actor_has_allocation (actor) &&
++      (fabsf (preferred_width - clutter_actor_get_width (actor)) > 0.001 ||
++       fabsf (preferred_height - clutter_actor_get_height (actor)) > 0.001))
++    clutter_actor_queue_relayout (actor);
++  else
++    clutter_text_queue_redraw (actor);
++}
++
+ static void
+ buffer_notify_text (ClutterTextBuffer *buffer,
+                     GParamSpec        *spec,
+@@ -4518,9 +4539,7 @@ buffer_notify_text (ClutterTextBuffer *buffer,
+ {
+   g_object_freeze_notify (G_OBJECT (self));
+ 
+-  clutter_text_dirty_cache (self);
+-
+-  clutter_actor_queue_relayout (CLUTTER_ACTOR (self));
++  clutter_text_queue_redraw_or_relayout (self);
+ 
+   g_signal_emit (self, text_signals[TEXT_CHANGED], 0);
+   g_object_notify_by_pspec (G_OBJECT (self), obj_props[PROP_TEXT]);
+@@ -4872,8 +4891,7 @@ clutter_text_set_cursor_visible (ClutterText *self,
+     {
+       priv->cursor_visible = cursor_visible;
+ 
+-      clutter_text_dirty_cache (self);
+-      clutter_actor_queue_relayout (CLUTTER_ACTOR (self));
++      clutter_text_queue_redraw_or_relayout (self);
+ 
+       g_object_notify_by_pspec (G_OBJECT (self), obj_props[PROP_CURSOR_VISIBLE]);
+     }
+@@ -5774,9 +5792,7 @@ clutter_text_set_line_alignment (ClutterText    *self,
+     {
+       priv->alignment = alignment;
+ 
+-      clutter_text_dirty_cache (self);
+-
+-      clutter_actor_queue_relayout (CLUTTER_ACTOR (self));
++      clutter_text_queue_redraw_or_relayout (self);
+ 
+       g_object_notify_by_pspec (G_OBJECT (self), obj_props[PROP_LINE_ALIGNMENT]);
+     }
+@@ -5831,9 +5847,7 @@ clutter_text_set_use_markup (ClutterText *self,
+   if (setting)
+     clutter_text_set_markup_internal (self, text);
+ 
+-  clutter_text_dirty_cache (self);
+-
+-  clutter_actor_queue_relayout (CLUTTER_ACTOR (self));
++  clutter_text_queue_redraw_or_relayout (self);
+ }
+ 
+ /**
+@@ -5880,9 +5894,7 @@ clutter_text_set_justify (ClutterText *self,
+     {
+       priv->justify = justify;
+ 
+-      clutter_text_dirty_cache (self);
+-
+-      clutter_actor_queue_relayout (CLUTTER_ACTOR (self));
++      clutter_text_queue_redraw_or_relayout (self);
+ 
+       g_object_notify_by_pspec (G_OBJECT (self), obj_props[PROP_JUSTIFY]);
+     }
+@@ -6449,8 +6461,7 @@ clutter_text_set_preedit_string (ClutterText   *self,
+       priv->preedit_set = TRUE;
+     }
+ 
+-  clutter_text_dirty_cache (self);
+-  clutter_actor_queue_relayout (CLUTTER_ACTOR (self));
++  clutter_text_queue_redraw_or_relayout (self);
+ }
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/mutter/mutter_3.28.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/mutter/mutter_3.28.0.bb
index 5941ae1..cd4205a 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/mutter/mutter_3.28.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/mutter/mutter_3.28.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 SRC_URI[archive.md5sum] = "7a3baf2fbb02f9cc341bf0424a31d0d2"
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "58fffc8025f21fb6da27bd2189b6db4d20c54f950b1a46aa7f7cbf0a82d386b0"
-SRC_URI_append = " file://0001-remove-check-for-zenity.patch file://startup-notification.patch" 
+SRC_URI_append = "\
+    file://0001-remove-check-for-zenity.patch \
+    file://0002-avoid-unnecessary-relayouts-in-cluttertext.patch \
+    file://startup-notification.patch \
+"
 
 DEPENDS = "libxrandr libsm libx11 libxi glib-2.0 wayland-protocols libwacom mesa gtk+3 pango cairo gsettings-desktop-schemas xcomposite upower gnome-desktop libxkbfile json-glib wayland-native xinerama zenity libinput libcanberra"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "zenity"