diff --git a/gnome b/gnome
index 4679aff..df59bc8 100644
--- a/gnome
+++ b/gnome
@@ -98,4 +98,7 @@ fi
 # Uncomment after SLED12, remove after SLED14:
 #rm -f ~/.skel/gnome2-run ~/.skel/gnome2-run-9.2 ~/.skel/sled10-run
 
+# TODO: look for a better fix for 11.1
+export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse
+
 exec /usr/bin/gnome-session
diff --git a/gnome-session.changes b/gnome-session.changes
index 9fc77e6..5932997 100644
--- a/gnome-session.changes
+++ b/gnome-session.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  3 12:14:28 CEST 2008 - rodrigo@suse.de
+
+- Export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse in gnome startup script to have
+  SDL applications use PulseAudio when in GNOME (bnc#394721) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May 24 02:08:45 CEST 2008 - sreeves@suse.de
 
diff --git a/gnome-session.spec b/gnome-session.spec
index 8832602..937320f 100644
--- a/gnome-session.spec
+++ b/gnome-session.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BuildRequires:  control-center2-devel fdupes gnome-common gnome-desktop-devel gn
 License:        GPL v2 or later; LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          System/GUI/GNOME
 Version:        2.22.1.1
-Release:        37
+Release:        41
 Summary:        Session Tools for the GNOME 2.x Desktop
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        gnome
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files lang -f %{name}-2.0.lang
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 03 2008 rodrigo@suse.de
+- Export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse in gnome startup script to have
+  SDL applications use PulseAudio when in GNOME (bnc#394721)
 * Sat May 24 2008 sreeves@suse.de
 - Update the "gnome" script to not start gpk-update-icon on live install
   BNC #390658