diff -Nru ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/changelog ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/changelog
--- ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/changelog	2016-04-14 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/changelog	2016-06-20 13:12:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+ktp-text-ui (4:15.12.3-0ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fixing "empty ktp-text-uid" crashes. (LP: #1556653)
+
+ -- Rafael David Tinoco <rafael.tinoco@canonical.com>  Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:41:10 +0000
+
 ktp-text-ui (4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream bugfix release
-  * Add missing epoch libktp-dev. 
+  * Add missing epoch libktp-dev.
   * New upstream bugfix release
 
  -- Scarlett Clark <sgclark@kubuntu.org>  Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:12:23 -0700
@@ -34,8 +40,8 @@
 
 ktp-text-ui (4:15.08.1-0ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium
   [ Scarlett Clark ]
-  * Fix random crash (LP #1493704) and KDE #347313 by  
-    adding runtime dependency to libkf5emonticons-bin. 
+  * Fix random crash (LP #1493704) and KDE #347313 by
+    adding runtime dependency to libkf5emonticons-bin.
 
   [ Clive Johnston ]
   * New upstream release (15.08.1)
diff -Nru ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/instantiate-qapplication-before-calling-session-bus.patch ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/instantiate-qapplication-before-calling-session-bus.patch
--- ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/instantiate-qapplication-before-calling-session-bus.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/instantiate-qapplication-before-calling-session-bus.patch	2016-06-20 12:50:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Description: Instantiate QApplication before calling sessionBus()
+
+Instantiate QApplication before calling sessionBus()
+
+Otherwise, the names can be available on the bus before the objects
+are registered with QtDBus. This causes the text-ui to be empty when
+started from ktp-contact-list with qt 5.6.
+
+REVIEW: 127493
+
+Origin: upstream, 5015460c6fbd9696bf482e53e7cb94b64097db12
+Bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361459
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1556653
+Reviewed-By: Rafael David Tinoco <rafael.tinoco@canonical.com>
+Last-Update: 2016-06-20
+
+--- ktp-text-ui-15.12.3.orig/app/main.cpp
++++ ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/app/main.cpp
+@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+     Tp::registerTypes();
+     KTp::registerOtrTypes();
+ 
++    Tp::SharedPtr<TelepathyChatUi> app(new TelepathyChatUi(argc, argv));
++
+     Tp::ChannelFactoryPtr channelFactory = Tp::ChannelFactory::create(QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
+     channelFactory->addCommonFeatures(Tp::Channel::FeatureCore);
+ 
+@@ -64,7 +66,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 
+     Tp::ClientRegistrarPtr registrar = Tp::ClientRegistrar::create(KTp::accountFactory(), KTp::connectionFactory(), channelFactory, KTp::contactFactory());
+ 
+-    Tp::SharedPtr<TelepathyChatUi> app(new TelepathyChatUi(argc, argv));
+     Tp::AbstractClientPtr handler = Tp::AbstractClientPtr(app);
+     registrar->registerClient(handler, QLatin1String(KTP_TEXTUI_CLIENT_NAME));
+ 
diff -Nru ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/series ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/series
--- ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/series	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ ktp-text-ui-15.12.3/debian/patches/series	2016-06-20 12:48:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+instantiate-qapplication-before-calling-session-bus.patch