diff --git a/GConf2.spec b/GConf2.spec
index 735ea0f..3c95b3f 100644
--- a/GConf2.spec
+++ b/GConf2.spec
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ URL: http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/
 # http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568845
 Patch0: GConf-gettext.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671490
+Patch1: drop-spew.patch
+
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755992
-Patch1: workaround-crash.patch
+Patch99: workaround-crash.patch
 
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel >= %{libxml2_version}
 BuildRequires: libxslt-devel
@@ -63,7 +66,9 @@ development using GConf.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n GConf-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .gettext
-%patch1 -p1 -b .workaround-crash
+%patch1 -p1 -b .drop-spew
+
+%patch99 -p1 -b .workaround-crash
 
 autoreconf -i -f
 
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Mon Apr 15 2013 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> 3.2.6-4
 - Make pkill -HUP -f gconfd-2 work again
+- Make --makefile-install-rull less noisy
 
 * Fri Apr 12 2013 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> 3.2.6-3
 - Update GConf upgrade macros (Patch from Michael Schwendt)
diff --git a/drop-spew.patch b/drop-spew.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5c899b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drop-spew.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+From b0895e1998ebc83ab030ec0f17c0685439f5b404 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:57:34 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] dbus: Don't spew to console when unable to connect to dbus
+ daemon
+
+Instead pass the error up for the caller to decide what to do.
+
+This prevent untrappable warning messages from showing up at the
+console if gconftool --makefile-install-rule is called.
+---
+ gconf/gconf-dbus.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gconf/gconf-dbus.c b/gconf/gconf-dbus.c
+index 5610fcf..048e3ea 100644
+--- a/gconf/gconf-dbus.c
++++ b/gconf/gconf-dbus.c
+@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ static GConfEngine    *default_engine = NULL;
+ static GHashTable     *engines_by_db = NULL;
+ static GHashTable     *engines_by_address = NULL;
+ static gboolean        dbus_disconnected = FALSE;
+ 
+-static gboolean     ensure_dbus_connection      (void);
++static gboolean     ensure_dbus_connection      (GError **error);
+ static gboolean     ensure_service              (gboolean          start_if_not_found,
+ 						 GError          **err);
+ static gboolean     ensure_database             (GConfEngine      *conf,
+ 						 gboolean          start_if_not_found,
+@@ -382,18 +382,20 @@ gconf_engine_detach (GConfEngine *conf)
+     }
+ }
+ 
+ static gboolean
+-ensure_dbus_connection (void)
++ensure_dbus_connection (GError **err)
+ {
+   DBusError error;
+ 
+   if (global_conn != NULL)
+     return TRUE;
+ 
+   if (dbus_disconnected)
+     {
+-      g_warning ("The connection to DBus was broken. Can't reinitialize it.");
++      g_set_error (err, GCONF_ERROR,
++                   GCONF_ERROR_NO_SERVER,
++                   "The connection to DBus was broken. Can't reinitialize it.");
+       return FALSE;
+     }
+ 
+   dbus_error_init (&error);
+@@ -401,9 +403,12 @@ ensure_dbus_connection (void)
+   global_conn = dbus_bus_get_private (DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &error);
+   
+   if (!global_conn) 
+     {
+-      g_warning ("Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:\n%s", error.message);
++      g_set_error (err, GCONF_ERROR,
++                   GCONF_ERROR_NO_SERVER,
++                   "Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:\n%s",
++                   error.message);
+       
+       dbus_error_free (&error);
+       return FALSE;
+     }
+@@ -430,15 +435,10 @@ ensure_service (gboolean  start_if_not_found,
+   DBusError error;
+ 
+   if (global_conn == NULL)
+     {
+-      if (!ensure_dbus_connection ())
+-	{
+-	  g_set_error (err, GCONF_ERROR,
+-		       GCONF_ERROR_NO_SERVER,
+-		       _("No D-BUS daemon running\n"));
+-	  return FALSE;
+-	}
++      if (!ensure_dbus_connection (err))
++        return FALSE;
+ 
+       g_assert (global_conn != NULL);
+     }
+ 
+@@ -2511,9 +2511,9 @@ gboolean
+ gconf_ping_daemon (void)
+ {
+   if (global_conn == NULL)
+   {
+-    if (!ensure_dbus_connection ())
++    if (!ensure_dbus_connection (NULL))
+     {
+       return FALSE;
+     }
+     g_assert (global_conn != NULL);
+-- 
+1.8.1.4
+