diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1-umask.patch b/gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1-umask.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65848ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1-umask.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -up gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c.umask gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c
+--- gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c.umask	2008-12-07 03:55:58.000000000 -0500
++++ gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1/gnome-settings-daemon/main.c	2008-12-07 03:56:04.000000000 -0500
+@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ daemon_detach (void)
+ 
+         /* get outta the way */
+         chdir ("/");
+-        umask (0117);
+ }
+ 
+ static void
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
index 5c39423..50d2a66 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		gnome-settings-daemon
 Version:	2.24.1
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Summary:	The daemon sharing settings from GNOME to GTK+/KDE applications
 
 Group:		System Environment/Daemons
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Patch8:		gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.0-fade.patch
 
 Patch11:        gsd-patches-behdad-f10.patch
 
+# http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=563543
+Patch12:	gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1-umask.patch
+
 %description
 A daemon to share settings from GNOME to other applications. It also
 handles global keybindings, as well as a number of desktop-wide settings.
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 %patch7 -p1 -b .fnf7-cycle
 %patch8 -p1 -b .fade
 %patch11 -p1 -b .behdad
+%patch12 -p1 -b .umask
 
 %build
 libtoolize --force --copy
@@ -165,6 +169,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/gnome-settings-daemon.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec  7 2008 Behdad Esfahbod <besfahbo@redhat.com> - 2.24.1-3
+- Add gnome-settings-daemon-2.24.1-umask.patch
+
 * Tue Nov 25 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.24.1-2
 - Update to 2.24.1
 - Backport performance fixes