diff -up GConf-2.20.1/Makefile.am.system-settings GConf-2.20.1/Makefile.am
--- GConf-2.20.1/Makefile.am.system-settings	2007-11-03 16:00:34.000000000 -0400
+++ GConf-2.20.1/Makefile.am	2007-11-03 16:01:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ install-data-local:
 	-chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(sysgconfdir)/gconf.xml.defaults
 	-mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(sysgconfdir)/gconf.xml.mandatory
 	-chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(sysgconfdir)/gconf.xml.mandatory
+	-mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(sysgconfdir)/gconf.xml.system
+	-chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(sysgconfdir)/gconf.xml.system
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = gconf-2.0.pc
diff -up GConf-2.20.1/gconf/default.path.in.system-settings GConf-2.20.1/gconf/default.path.in
--- GConf-2.20.1/gconf/default.path.in.system-settings	2007-11-03 15:57:35.000000000 -0400
+++ GConf-2.20.1/gconf/default.path.in	2007-11-03 15:59:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ include "$(HOME)/.gconf.path"
 # Give users a default storage location, ~/.gconf
 xml:readwrite:$(HOME)/.gconf
 
+# Location for system-wide settings.
+xml:readonly:@sysgconfdir@/gconf.xml.system
+
 # To read in any defaults settings that the Sys Admin may have created
 # prior to a desktop system upgrade. The SysAdmin can stick default values
 # system-wide in this file.