I've branched out gnome-pomodoro 0.16.0 and this works very nicely on openSUSE Leap 15.2! If anyone else comes here looking for a solution, you can find 0.16.0 version of gnome-pomodoro here: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:srinidhi:branches:openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update/gnome-pomodoro Commands to run: # zypper ar -r https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/srinidhi:/branches:/openSUSE:/Leap:/15.2:/Update/standard/home:srinidhi:branches:openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update.repo # zypper ref # zypper in --oldpackage gnome-pomodoro{,-lang}-0.16.0-lp152.1.1