diff --git a/x11/gnome/session/Makefile b/x11/gnome/session/Makefile
index f25d4838f8b..0389de0faaf 100644
--- a/x11/gnome/session/Makefile
+++ b/x11/gnome/session/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.202 2011/12/03 22:17:17 ajacoutot Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.203 2012/01/02 13:22:21 ajacoutot Exp $
 
 COMMENT=		GNOME session
 
 GNOME_PROJECT=		gnome-session
 GNOME_VERSION=		3.2.1
-REVISION=		6
+REVISION=		7
 
 CATEGORIES=		x11
 
diff --git a/x11/gnome/session/patches/patch-tools_gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper_c b/x11/gnome/session/patches/patch-tools_gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92bf2efbe63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/gnome/session/patches/patch-tools_gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper_c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-tools_gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper_c,v 1.1 2012/01/02 13:22:21 ajacoutot Exp $
+
+XXX remove when we have gnome-shell.
+
+--- tools/gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper.c.orig	Mon Jan  2 14:19:34 2012
++++ tools/gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper.c	Mon Jan  2 14:19:17 2012
+@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+         Display *display = NULL;
+         int      ret = 1;
+ 
++#ifdef __OpenBSD__
++	_print_error ("Running on OpenBSD, forcing fallback mode.");
++	goto out;
++#endif
+         display = XOpenDisplay (NULL);
+         if (!display) {
+                 _print_error ("No X display.");