diff --git a/srcpkgs/GConf/patches/gconf-reload.patch b/srcpkgs/GConf/patches/gconf-reload.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cccb7fbc7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/GConf/patches/gconf-reload.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- gconf/gconftool.c.orig	2006-10-14 17:37:14.000000000 +0000
++++ gconf/gconftool.c	2006-10-14 17:39:27.000000000 +0000
+@@ -963,6 +963,8 @@ main (int argc, char** argv)
+       
+       gconf_engine_unref (conf);
+ 
++      g_spawn_command_line_sync ("/usr/bin/killall -q -TERM " GCONF_SERVERDIR "/" GCONFD, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
++
+       return retval;
+     }
+ 
+@@ -975,6 +977,8 @@ main (int argc, char** argv)
+       
+       gconf_engine_unref (conf);
+ 
++      g_spawn_command_line_sync ("/usr/bin/killall -q -TERM " GCONF_SERVERDIR "/" GCONFD, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
++
+       return retval;
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/GConf/template b/srcpkgs/GConf/template
index 87ee739e0f9..457d2694792 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/GConf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/GConf/template
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'GConf'
 pkgname=GConf
-version=2.28.0
+version=2.28.1
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/GConf/2.28/GConf-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--without-openldap --enable-gtk"
 short_desc="A process-transparent configuration system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=d057dcfe2bfb2a80e592349c2a78d7dce12d19542aeced466c64fb701c806ac8
+checksum=53c477f9086057b0c84816a1c979e01537b862fbcacb6af4b62f8cffec4b3000
 long_desc="
  GConf is a process-transparent configuration database API used to
  store user preferences. It has pluggable backends and features to
  support workgroup administration."
 
-conf_files="
-/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.conf
-/etc/gconf/2/path"
-
+conf_files="/etc/gconf/2/path"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run glib
 Add_dependency run dbus-libs
@@ -44,3 +42,15 @@ Add_dependency build dbus-glib-devel
 Add_dependency build ORBit2-devel
 Add_dependency build polkit-devel
 Add_dependency build libxml2-devel
+
+post_install()
+{
+	# Create GCONF_SCHEMAS_DIR
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/gconf/schemas
+	touch -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/gconf/schemas/.empty_on_purpose
+	# Create required sysconfdir dirs.
+	for d in defaults mandatory system; do
+		install -d ${DESTDIR}/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.${d}
+		touch -f ${DESTDIR}/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.${d}/.empty_on_purpose
+	done
+}