diff -urN epiphany-2.27.4/data/default-bookmarks.rdf.xml.in epiphany-2.27.4.patched//data/default-bookmarks.rdf.xml.in
--- epiphany-2.27.4/data/default-bookmarks.rdf.xml.in	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ epiphany-2.27.4.patched//data/default-bookmarks.rdf.xml.in	2009-07-20 22:32:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:ephy="http://gnome.org/ns/epiphany#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
+  <channel rdf:about="file://@pkgdatadir@/bookmarks.rdf">
+    <title>Epiphany bookmarks</title>
+    <link>http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/</link>
+    <items>
+      <rdf:Seq>
+        <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.google.com"/>
+      </rdf:Seq>
+    </items>
+  </channel>
+  <item rdf:about="http://www.google.com">
+    <_title>Search the web</_title>
+    <!-- Translators you should change these links to respect your locale.
+         For instance in .nl these should be
+	 "http://www.google.nl" and "http://www.google.nl/search?q=%s" -->
+    <_link>http://www.google.com</_link>
+    <!-- Translators you should change these links to respect your locale.
+         For instance in .nl these should be
+	 "http://www.google.nl" and "http://www.google.nl/search?q=%s" -->
+    <_ephy:smartlink>http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8</_ephy:smartlink>
+  </item>
+</rdf:RDF>
diff -urN epiphany-2.27.4/data/Makefile.am epiphany-2.27.4.patched//data/Makefile.am
--- epiphany-2.27.4/data/Makefile.am	2009-04-17 08:06:40.000000000 +0200
+++ epiphany-2.27.4.patched//data/Makefile.am	2009-07-20 22:39:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@
 $(service_DATA): $(service_in_files) Makefile
 	@sed -e "s|\@bindir\@|$(bindir)|" $< > $@
 
+# Default bookmarks
+# intltool hack: we name the file .xml.in so that intltool knows it's xml
+# format and can analyze it.
+# We don't put translations in the resulting rdf since the code can get
+# the translations via gettext (although it can also get translations
+# from the rdf if they are there and not available via gettext)
+default_bookmarksdir = $(pkgdatadir)
+default_bookmarks_in_files = default-bookmarks.rdf.xml.in
+default_bookmarks_DATA = $(default_bookmarks_in_files:.rdf.xml.in=.rdf)
+$(default_bookmarks_DATA): $(default_bookmarks_in_files) Makefile
+	@sed -e "s|\@pkgdatadir\@|$(pkgdatadir)|;s|_title|title|g;s|_link|link|g;s|_ephy:smartlink|ephy:smartlink|g" $< > $@
 
 install-data-local: $(schema_DATA)
 if GCONF_SCHEMAS_INSTALL
@@ -63,6 +74,7 @@
 	$(xsl_DATA)			\
 	$(service_DATA)			\
 	$(m4data_DATA)			\
+	$(default_bookmarks_in_files)	\
 	epiphany-service.xml		\
 	check-mime.py
 
@@ -70,4 +82,5 @@
 	$(service_DATA)		\
 	$(schema_in_files:.schemas.in=.schemas)	\
 	$(pkgconfig_DATA)	\
-	$(desktop_DATA)
+	$(desktop_DATA)     \
+	$(default_bookmarks_DATA)
diff -urN epiphany-2.27.4/po/POTFILES.in epiphany-2.27.4.patched//po/POTFILES.in
--- epiphany-2.27.4/po/POTFILES.in	2009-06-05 23:42:54.000000000 +0200
+++ epiphany-2.27.4.patched//po/POTFILES.in	2009-07-20 22:32:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # List of source files containing translatable strings.
 # Please keep this file sorted alphabetically.
 data/bme.desktop.in.in
+data/default-bookmarks.rdf.xml.in
 data/epiphany.desktop.in.in
 data/epiphany-lockdown.schemas.in
 data/epiphany.schemas.in
diff -urN epiphany-2.27.4/src/bookmarks/ephy-bookmarks.c epiphany-2.27.4.patched//src/bookmarks/ephy-bookmarks.c
--- epiphany-2.27.4/src/bookmarks/ephy-bookmarks.c	2009-04-17 08:06:40.000000000 +0200
+++ epiphany-2.27.4.patched//src/bookmarks/ephy-bookmarks.c	2009-07-20 22:32:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@
 	const char *location;
 } EphyBookmarksBookmarkInfo;
 
-static const EphyBookmarksBookmarkInfo default_bookmarks [] =
-{
-	/* Translators you should change these links to respect your locale.
-	 * For instance in .nl these should be
-	 * "http://www.google.nl" and "http://www.google.nl/search?q=%s"
-	 */
-	{ N_("Search the web"), N_("http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8") }
-};
-
 static const char *default_topics [] =
 {
 	N_("Entertainment"),
@@ -152,13 +143,7 @@
 		ephy_bookmarks_add_keyword (eb, _(default_topics[i]));
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (default_bookmarks); i++)
-	{
-		EphyNode *bmk;
-
-		bmk = ephy_bookmarks_add (eb, _(default_bookmarks[i].title),
-					  _(default_bookmarks[i].location));
-	}
+	ephy_bookmarks_import_rdf (eb, DATADIR "/default-bookmarks.rdf");
 }
 
 static void
diff -urN epiphany-2.27.4/src/bookmarks/Makefile.am epiphany-2.27.4.patched//src/bookmarks/Makefile.am
--- epiphany-2.27.4/src/bookmarks/Makefile.am	2009-04-17 08:06:40.000000000 +0200
+++ epiphany-2.27.4.patched//src/bookmarks/Makefile.am	2009-07-20 22:32:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/embed		\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib/widgets	\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib/egg		\
+	-DDATADIR=\""$(pkgdatadir)"\" 	\
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 
 libephybookmarks_la_CFLAGS = \