diff --git a/gio/gsettings.c b/gio/gsettings.c
index ab60fdf71..194a73778 100644
--- a/gio/gsettings.c
+++ b/gio/gsettings.c
@@ -1739,6 +1739,13 @@ g_settings_get_mapped (GSettings           *settings,
       if (okay) goto okay;
     }
 
+  if ((value = g_settings_schema_key_get_per_desktop_default (&skey)))
+    {
+      okay = mapping (value, &result, user_data);
+      g_variant_unref (value);
+      if (okay) goto okay;
+    }
+
   if (mapping (skey.default_value, &result, user_data))
     goto okay;
 
@@ -2646,6 +2653,20 @@ g_settings_binding_key_changed (GSettings   *settings,
         }
     }
 
+  if (variant == NULL)
+    {
+      variant = g_settings_schema_key_get_per_desktop_default (&binding->key);
+      if (variant &&
+          !binding->get_mapping (&value, variant, binding->user_data))
+        {
+          g_error ("Per-desktop default value for key '%s' in schema '%s' "
+                   "was rejected by the binding mapping function.",
+                   binding->key.name, g_settings_schema_get_id (binding->key.schema));
+          g_variant_unref (variant);
+          variant = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
   if (variant == NULL)
     {
       variant = g_variant_ref (binding->key.default_value);
diff --git a/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h b/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h
index f54de3b34..5f996b4bc 100644
--- a/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h
+++ b/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct _GSettingsSchemaKey
   const GVariantType *type;
   GVariant *minimum, *maximum;
   GVariant *default_value;
+  GVariant *desktop_overrides;
 
   gint ref_count;
 };
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ gboolean                g_settings_schema_key_type_check                (GSettin
 GVariant *              g_settings_schema_key_range_fixup               (GSettingsSchemaKey *key,
                                                                          GVariant           *value);
 GVariant *              g_settings_schema_key_get_translated_default    (GSettingsSchemaKey *key);
+GVariant *              g_settings_schema_key_get_per_desktop_default   (GSettingsSchemaKey *key);
 
 gint                    g_settings_schema_key_to_enum                   (GSettingsSchemaKey *key,
                                                                          GVariant           *value);
diff --git a/gio/gsettingsschema.c b/gio/gsettingsschema.c
index f1274a369..17b7e3b01 100644
--- a/gio/gsettingsschema.c
+++ b/gio/gsettingsschema.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <glibintl.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 /**
  * SECTION:gsettingsschema
@@ -1283,6 +1284,11 @@ g_settings_schema_key_init (GSettingsSchemaKey *key,
           endian_fixup (&key->maximum);
           break;
 
+        case 'd':
+          g_variant_get (data, "@a{sv}", &key->desktop_overrides);
+          endian_fixup (&key->desktop_overrides);
+          break;
+
         default:
           g_warning ("unknown schema extension '%c'", code);
           break;
@@ -1303,6 +1309,9 @@ g_settings_schema_key_clear (GSettingsSchemaKey *key)
   if (key->maximum)
     g_variant_unref (key->maximum);
 
+  if (key->desktop_overrides)
+    g_variant_unref (key->desktop_overrides);
+
   g_variant_unref (key->default_value);
 
   g_settings_schema_unref (key->schema);
@@ -1410,6 +1419,35 @@ g_settings_schema_key_get_translated_default (GSettingsSchemaKey *key)
   return value;
 }
 
+GVariant *
+g_settings_schema_key_get_per_desktop_default (GSettingsSchemaKey *key)
+{
+  static const gchar * const *current_desktops;
+  GVariant *value = NULL;
+  gint i;
+
+  if (!key->desktop_overrides)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&current_desktops))
+    {
+      const gchar *xdg_current_desktop = g_getenv ("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP");
+      gchar **tmp;
+
+      if (xdg_current_desktop != NULL && xdg_current_desktop[0] != '\0')
+        tmp = g_strsplit (xdg_current_desktop, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, -1);
+      else
+        tmp = g_new0 (gchar *, 0 + 1);
+
+      g_once_init_leave (&current_desktops, (const gchar **) tmp);
+    }
+
+  for (i = 0; value == NULL && current_desktops[i] != NULL; i++)
+    value = g_variant_lookup_value (key->desktop_overrides, current_desktops[i], NULL);
+
+  return value;
+}
+
 gint
 g_settings_schema_key_to_enum (GSettingsSchemaKey *key,
                                GVariant           *value)
@@ -1698,6 +1736,9 @@ g_settings_schema_key_get_default_value (GSettingsSchemaKey *key)
 
   value = g_settings_schema_key_get_translated_default (key);
 
+  if (!value)
+    value = g_settings_schema_key_get_per_desktop_default (key);
+
   if (!value)
     value = g_variant_ref (key->default_value);