diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxsession/patches/0001-Use-GApplication-for-unique-app-handling.patch b/srcpkgs/lxsession/patches/0001-Use-GApplication-for-unique-app-handling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36a18b3fa6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxsession/patches/0001-Use-GApplication-for-unique-app-handling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+From a7d3b40a79a7a16c1f5d50d2bd466570258dae29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Ball=C3=B3=20Gy=C3=B6rgy?= <ballogyor@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:09:59 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Use GApplication for unique app handling
+
+Remove libunique dependency, and use glib >= 2.28.0 to handle unique apps both for GTK+ 2 and 3.
+---
+ Makefile.am           |  6 ------
+ configure.ac          |  7 +------
+ lxclipboard/main.vala | 16 +---------------
+ lxpolkit/main.vala    | 16 +---------------
+ 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index c2e1fe8..e3a3b97 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ if USE_GTK3
+ lxclipboard_lxclipboard_VALAFLAGS += --define USE_GTK3
+ else
+ lxclipboard_lxclipboard_VALAFLAGS += --define USE_GTK2
+-lxclipboard_lxclipboard_VALAFLAGS += --pkg unique-1.0
+-lxclipboard_lxclipboard_CPPFLAGS += $(UNIQUE_CFLAGS)
+-lxclipboard_lxclipboard_LDADD += $(UNIQUE_LIBS)
+ endif
+ 
+ lxpolkit_lxpolkit_vala_SOURCES = \
+@@ -137,9 +134,6 @@ if USE_GTK3
+ lxpolkit_lxpolkit_VALAFLAGS += --define USE_GTK3
+ else
+ lxpolkit_lxpolkit_VALAFLAGS += --define USE_GTK2
+-lxpolkit_lxpolkit_VALAFLAGS += --pkg unique-1.0
+-lxpolkit_lxpolkit_CPPFLAGS += $(UNIQUE_CFLAGS)
+-lxpolkit_lxpolkit_LDADD += $(UNIQUE_LIBS)
+ endif
+ 
+ lxsession_db_lxsession_db_SOURCES = \
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 06ddbb3..9126f4d 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(X11, [x11])
+ AC_SUBST(X11_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(X11_LIBS)
+ 
+-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, [glib-2.0 >= 2.6.0])
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, [glib-2.0 >= 2.28.0])
+ AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)
+ 
+@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ else
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D USE_GTK2"
+     gtk_modules="gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6.0"
+     VALA_GTK_LIBS="gtk+-2.0"
+-
+-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(UNIQUE, [unique-1.0])
+-    AC_SUBST(UNIQUE_CFLAGS)
+-    AC_SUBST(UNIQUE_LIBS)
+-
+   fi
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, [$gtk_modules])
+   AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
+diff --git a/lxclipboard/main.vala b/lxclipboard/main.vala
+index bee4044..3d4a8d7 100644
+--- a/lxclipboard/main.vala
++++ b/lxclipboard/main.vala
+@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
+  *      MA 02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+ using Gtk;
+-#if USE_GTK2
+-using Unique;
+-#endif
+ 
+ namespace Lxsession
+ {
+@@ -28,17 +25,7 @@ namespace Lxsession
+         public static int main(string[] args)
+         {
+             Gtk.init (ref args);
+-#if USE_GTK2
+-            Unique.App app = new Unique.App("org.lxde.lxclipboard", null);
+-
+-            if(app.is_running)
+-            {
+-                message("lxclipboard is already running. Existing");
+-                return 0;
+-            }
+-#endif
+-# if USE_GTK3
+-            Gtk.Application app = new Gtk.Application (
++            GLib.Application app = new GLib.Application (
+                 "org.lxde.lxclipboard",
+                 GLib.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE);
+             app.register ();
+@@ -48,7 +35,6 @@ namespace Lxsession
+                 message("lxclipboard is already running. Existing");
+                 return 0;
+             }
+-#endif
+ 
+             clipboard_start ();
+ 
+diff --git a/lxpolkit/main.vala b/lxpolkit/main.vala
+index c0d6ae2..50c3cb7 100644
+--- a/lxpolkit/main.vala
++++ b/lxpolkit/main.vala
+@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
+  *      MA 02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+ using Gtk;
+-#if USE_GTK2
+-using Unique;
+-#endif
+ 
+ const string GETTEXT_PACKAGE = "lxsession";
+ 
+@@ -33,17 +30,7 @@ namespace Lxsession
+             Intl.bind_textdomain_codeset(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "utf-8");
+ 
+             Gtk.init (ref args);
+-#if USE_GTK2
+-            Unique.App app = new Unique.App("org.lxde.lxpolkit", null);
+-
+-            if(app.is_running)
+-            {
+-                message(_("lxpolkit is already running. Existing"));
+-                return 0;
+-            }
+-#endif
+-# if USE_GTK3
+-            Gtk.Application app = new Gtk.Application (
++            GLib.Application app = new GLib.Application (
+                 "org.lxde.lxpolkit",
+                 GLib.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE);
+             app.register ();
+@@ -53,7 +40,6 @@ namespace Lxsession
+                 message(_("lxpolkit is already running. Existing"));
+                 return 0;
+             }
+-#endif
+ 
+             policykit_agent_init();
+ 
+-- 
+2.11.0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxsession/template b/srcpkgs/lxsession/template
index 4af4c238b37..8aea48d00a0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxsession/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxsession/template
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'lxsession'
 pkgname=lxsession
 version=0.5.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-buildin-clipboard --enable-buildin-polkit"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool vala-devel"
-makedepends="dbus-glib-devel gtk+-devel polkit-devel libunique1-devel"
+configure_args="--enable-buildin-clipboard --enable-buildin-polkit --enable-gtk3"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool vala-devel autoconf automake glib-devel gettext-devel"
+makedepends="dbus-glib-devel gtk+3-devel polkit-devel libunique1-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme"
-replaces="lxpolkit>=0"
 short_desc="LXDE X11 Session Manager"
-homepage="http://lxde.org/"
-license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://lxde.org/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/lxde/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=90bf42a45421f45f2c745d60f2c730176e1472642451c06c2ab07dcebdaf1fa8
+replaces="lxpolkit>=0"
+patch_args="-Np1"
+
+pre_build() {
+	rm *.stamp
+	autoreconf -fi
+}