diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon.changes b/gnome-settings-daemon.changes
index cc7eb39..b19f3ca 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon.changes
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  5 14:42:14 UTC 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
+
+- Remove data/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop.in from tarball before
+  building since we need to generate it with the proper libexec
+  directory, else gnome-settings-daemon will never start properly.
+  See bgo#666772.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  5 08:03:19 UTC 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
index 1f4709b..4600e8d 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 Name:           gnome-settings-daemon
 Version:        3.3.3.1
 Release:        0
+# FIXME: on update to 3.3.4, hack removing .desktop.in in %%setup can be removed
 Summary:        Settings daemon for the GNOME desktop
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          System/GUI/GNOME
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ contact the settings daemon via its DBus interface.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 translation-update-upstream
+# Hack, see bgo#666772
+rm data/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop.in
 %if !0%{?BUILD_FROM_VCS}
 # Disabled because of the non-rebased patches
 #gnome-patch-translation-prepare