diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice/0001-musl-Hack-to-fix-build.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice/0001-musl-Hack-to-fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2310fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice/0001-musl-Hack-to-fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 2a1c7103839c20df5ca9ce2fa863535d802f8f3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 23:42:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] musl: Hack to fix configure
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+---
+ meson.build | 10 ++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 4465a26..726c9fe 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -82,8 +82,14 @@ if cc.has_header_symbol('utmpx.h', 'WTMPX_FILENAME', prefix: '#define _GNU_SOURC
+ elif cc.has_header_symbol('paths.h', '_PATH_WTMPX')
+   config_h.set('PATH_WTMP', '_PATH_WTMPX')
+ else
+-  assert(run_command('test', '-e', '/var/log/utx.log').returncode() == 0, 'Do not know which filename to watch for wtmp changes')
+-  config_h.set_quoted('PATH_WTMP', '/var/log/utx.log')
++  # musl: This is just a build fix hack.
++  # As usual they know better, consider all other projects crap and offer zero
++  # alternatives: So wtmp is a dead stub only [1] (= /dev/null/wtmp - taken
++  # from musl sources).
++  # Maybe a hero comes along and adds utmps [2] to make accountsservice useful for musl
++  # [1] https://wiki.musl-libc.org/faq.html#Q:-Why-is-the-utmp/wtmp-functionality-only-implemented-as-stubs?
++  # [2] https://github.com/skarnet/utmps
++  config_h.set_quoted('PATH_WTMP', '/dev/null/wtmp')
+ endif
+ 
+ # compiler flags
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice/0002-musl-add-missing-fgetspent_r.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice/0002-musl-add-missing-fgetspent_r.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1416180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice/0002-musl-add-missing-fgetspent_r.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 820249ea8e38c568e6a36fbd9c852718c7665b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 00:12:08 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] musl: add missing fgetspent_r
+
+Stolen from void-linux
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [musl-specific]
+---
+ src/daemon.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/daemon.c b/src/daemon.c
+index c52bda3..a7676fe 100644
+--- a/src/daemon.c
++++ b/src/daemon.c
+@@ -164,6 +164,26 @@ remove_cache_files (const gchar *user_name)
+         g_remove (icon_filename);
+ }
+ 
++/* Musl libc does not support fgetspent_r(), write own
++ * wrapper
++ */
++static int fgetspent_r(FILE *fp, struct spwd *spbuf, char *buf, size_t buflen, struct spwd **spbufp) {
++       struct spwd *shadow_entry = fgetspent(fp);
++       if(!shadow_entry)
++               return -1;
++       size_t namplen = strlen(shadow_entry->sp_namp);
++       size_t pwdplen = strlen(shadow_entry->sp_pwdp);
++
++       if(namplen + pwdplen + 2 > buflen)
++               return -1;
++
++       *spbufp = memcpy(spbuf, shadow_entry, sizeof(struct spwd));
++       spbuf->sp_namp = strncpy(buf, shadow_entry->sp_namp, namplen + 1);
++       spbuf->sp_pwdp = strncpy(buf + namplen + 1, shadow_entry->sp_pwdp, pwdplen + 1);
++
++       return 0;
++}
++
+ static struct passwd *
+ entry_generator_fgetpwent (Daemon       *daemon,
+                            GHashTable   *users,
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice_0.6.55.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice_0.6.55.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edc4890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice_0.6.55.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/AccountsService/"
+LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
+
+DEPENDS = " \
+    dbus \
+    polkit \
+"
+
+inherit meson gobject-introspection gtk-doc features_check systemd
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "polkit"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/${BPN}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz"
+SRC_URI_append_libc-musl = " \
+    file://0001-musl-Hack-to-fix-build.patch \
+    file://0002-musl-add-missing-fgetspent_r.patch \
+"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "6e4c6fbd490260cfe17de2e76f5d803a"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ff2b2419a7e06bd9cb335ffe391c7409b49a0f0130b890bd54692a3986699c9b"
+
+GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dsystemd=true, -Dsystemd=false -Dsystemdsystemunitdir='no', systemd"
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "accounts-daemon.service"
+
+FILES_${PN} += " \
+    ${datadir}/dbus-1 \
+    ${datadir}/polkit-1 \
+"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/colord-gtk/colord-gtk_0.2.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/colord-gtk/colord-gtk_0.2.0.bb
index 8f6cd04..7845509 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/colord-gtk/colord-gtk_0.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/colord-gtk/colord-gtk_0.2.0.bb
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@
 
 # gobject-introspection is mandatory and cannot be configured
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"
+
+# colord
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES += "polkit"
+
 UNKNOWN_CONFIGURE_WHITELIST_append = " introspection"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/libhandy/libhandy_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/libhandy/libhandy_git.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c6159f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/libhandy/libhandy_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+SUMMARY = "A library full of GTK+ widgets for mobile phones"
+LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://source.puri.sm/Librem5/${BPN}.git;protocol=https"
+SRCREV = "ef7c4bf75ae239495141ada83d2fbaf034315563"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+PV = "0.0.12"
+
+GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
+GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'
+GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = 'gtk_doc'
+
+inherit meson gobject-introspection vala gettext gtk-doc features_check
+
+ANY_OF_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${GTK3DISTROFEATURES}"
+
+DEPENDS += "gtk+3"
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-examples"
+FILES_${PN}-examples = "${bindir}"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/packagegroups/packagegroup-gnome-apps.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/packagegroups/packagegroup-gnome-apps.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..522e9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/packagegroups/packagegroup-gnome-apps.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+SUMMARY = "GNOME applications"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
+
+inherit packagegroup features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
+    evolution-data-server \
+    evince \
+    file-roller \
+    gedit \
+    gnome-calculator \
+    gnome-font-viewer \
+    gnome-terminal \
+    libwnck3 \
+    nautilus \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'polkit', 'gnome-system-monitor', '', d)} \
+"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/packagegroups/packagegroup-gnome-desktop.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/packagegroups/packagegroup-gnome-desktop.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c333fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-support/packagegroups/packagegroup-gnome-desktop.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+SUMMARY = "Basic GNOME desktop"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
+
+inherit packagegroup features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 polkit systemd pam gobject-introspection-data"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
+    adwaita-icon-theme \
+    adwaita-icon-theme-cursors \
+    evolution-data-server \
+    gnome-backgrounds \
+    gnome-bluetooth \
+    gnome-control-center \
+    gnome-desktop3 \
+    gnome-flashback \
+    gnome-keyring \
+    gnome-menus3 \
+    gnome-session \
+    gnome-settings-daemon \
+    gnome-shell \
+    gnome-shell-extensions \
+    gnome-tweaks \
+    gmime \
+    gvfs gvfsd-ftp gvfsd-sftp gvfsd-trash \
+"