diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/70settings-daemon.sh b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/70settings-daemon.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9537413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/70settings-daemon.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/settings-daemon &
diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/addsoundkeys.patch b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/addsoundkeys.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf06d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/addsoundkeys.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Index: settings-daemon/settings-daemon.c
+===================================================================
+--- settings-daemon.orig/settings-daemon.c	2009-05-22 14:57:05.000000000 +0100
++++ settings-daemon/settings-daemon.c	2009-05-22 14:58:22.000000000 +0100
+@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@
+     GCONF_VALUE_STRING, translate_string_string },
+   { "/desktop/poky/interface/gtk_color_scheme", "Gtk/ColorScheme",
+     GCONF_VALUE_STRING, translate_string_string },
++  { "/desktop/gnome/sound/theme_name", "Net/SoundThemeName",
++    GCONF_VALUE_STRING,   translate_string_string },
++  { "/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds", "Net/EnableEventSounds" ,
++    GCONF_VALUE_BOOL,     translate_bool_int },
+ };
+ 
+ static const TranslationEntry*
+Index: settings-daemon/settings-daemon.schemas
+===================================================================
+--- settings-daemon.orig/settings-daemon.schemas	2009-05-22 15:49:17.000000000 +0100
++++ settings-daemon/settings-daemon.schemas	2009-05-22 15:51:31.000000000 +0100
+@@ -196,6 +196,27 @@
+     </locale>
+   </schema>
+ 
++  <schema>
++    <key>/schemas/desktop/gnome/sound/theme_name</key>
++    <applyto>/desktop/gnome/sound/theme_name</applyto>
++    <owner>gnome</owner>
++    <type>string</type>
++    <default>freedesktop</default>
++    <locale name="C">
++      <short>Sound Theme Name</short>
++    </locale>
++  </schema>
++
++  <schema>
++    <key>/schemas/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds</key>
++    <applyto>/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds</applyto>
++    <owner>gnome</owner>
++    <type>bool</type>
++    <default>true</default>
++    <locale name="C">
++      <short>Enable Sound Events</short>
++    </locale>
++  </schema>
+ 
+ </schemalist>
+ </gconfschemafile>
diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5943744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/files/dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+after gcc linking has changed, all the libraries must be explicitely specified to for linking. 
+This patch avoids this linking error:
+
+| make  all-am^M
+| make[1]: Entering directory `/disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/settings-daemon-0.0+svnr2059-r3/settings-daemon'^M
+| ccache i586-poky-linux-gcc -march=i586 --sysroot=/disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/sysroots/i586-poky-linux -Wall -fexpensive-optimizations -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -O2 -ggdb -feliminate-unused-debug-types  -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -o settings-daemon settings_daemon-xsettings-common.o settings_daemon-xsettings-manager.o settings_daemon-settings-daemon.o -pthread -lgconf-2 -ldbus-glib-1 -ldbus-1 -lpthread -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lglib-2.0^M
+| /disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/libexec/i586-poky-linux/gcc/i586-poky-linux/4.5.1/ld: *^A: invalid DSO for symbol `XCreateSimpleWindow' definition^M
+| /disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/sysroots/i586-poky-linux/usr/lib/libX11.so.6: could not read symbols: Bad value^M
+| collect2: ld returned 1 exit status^M
+| make[1]: *** [settings-daemon] Error 1^M
+| make[1]: Leaving directory `/disk0/pokybuild/build1/tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/settings-daemon-0.0+svnr2059-r3/settings-daemon'^M
+| make: *** [all] Error 2^M
+
+Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
+Date: 2011/01/11
+
+Index: settings-daemon/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- settings-daemon.orig/configure.ac
++++ settings-daemon/configure.ac
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
+ 
+ 
+ dnl TODO: make gconf optional
+-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(APP, [gconf-2.0 gdk-x11-2.0])
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES(APP, [gconf-2.0 gdk-x11-2.0 x11])
+ 
+ 
+ AC_SUBST(APP_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/settings-daemon_git.bb b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/settings-daemon_git.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c061553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/settings-daemon/settings-daemon_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+SUMMARY = "Provides a bridge between gconf and xsettings"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://svn.o-hand.com/view/matchbox/trunk/settings-daemon/"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/"
+LICENSE = "MIT-style"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://xsettings-manager.h;endline=22;md5=7cfac9d2d4dc3694cc7eb605cf32a69b \
+                    file://xsettings-common.h;endline=22;md5=7cfac9d2d4dc3694cc7eb605cf32a69b"
+DEPENDS = "gconf glib-2.0 gtk+"
+SECTION = "x11"
+SRCREV = "9a99528b02255450db81176abd9bbcc1dab9a4c1"
+PV = "0.0+git${SRCPV}"
+
+
+SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/xsettings-daemon \
+           file://addsoundkeys.patch;apply=yes \
+           file://70settings-daemon.sh \
+           file://dso_linking_change_build_fix.patch"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+inherit autotools pkgconfig gconf distro_features_check
+
+FILES_${PN} = 	"${bindir}/* ${sysconfdir}"
+
+# Requires gdk-x11-2.0 which is provided by gtk when x11 in DISTRO_FEATURES
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
+
+do_install_append () {
+	install -d ${D}/${sysconfdir}/X11/Xsession.d
+	install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/70settings-daemon.sh ${D}/${sysconfdir}/X11/Xsession.d/
+}