diff --git a/GConf2.spec b/GConf2.spec
index 3c95b3f..b08c369 100644
--- a/GConf2.spec
+++ b/GConf2.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Summary: A process-transparent configuration system
 Name: GConf2
 Version: 3.2.6
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 #VCS: git:git://git.gnome.org/gconf
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Patch1: drop-spew.patch
 
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755992
 Patch99: workaround-crash.patch
+Patch100: pkill-hack.patch
 
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel >= %{libxml2_version}
 BuildRequires: libxslt-devel
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ development using GConf.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .drop-spew
 
 %patch99 -p1 -b .workaround-crash
+%patch100 -p1 -b .pkill-hack
 
 autoreconf -i -f
 
@@ -157,6 +159,9 @@ fi
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/gsettings-schema-convert.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 17 2013 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> 3.2.6-5
+- Make --makefile-install-rule work even in packages that don't use the macros
+
 * Mon Apr 15 2013 Ray Strode <rstrode@redhat.com> 3.2.6-4
 - Make pkill -HUP -f gconfd-2 work again
 - Make --makefile-install-rull less noisy
diff --git a/macros.gconf2 b/macros.gconf2
index 84f225e..928ec70 100644
--- a/macros.gconf2
+++ b/macros.gconf2
@@ -82,6 +82,5 @@ for schema in %{*} ; do \
         export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source` \
         gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/"$schema".schemas > /dev/null || : \
     fi \
-    pkill -HUP -f gconfd-2 || : \
 done \
 %{nil}
diff --git a/pkill-hack.patch b/pkill-hack.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0936ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkill-hack.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -up GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c.pkill-hack GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c
+--- GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c.pkill-hack	2013-04-17 10:46:13.225426329 -0400
++++ GConf-3.2.6/gconf/gconftool.c	2013-04-17 10:48:25.963508300 -0400
+@@ -916,8 +916,8 @@ main (int argc, char** argv)
+ 
+       use_local_source = TRUE;
+ 
+-      /* shut down daemon, this is a race condition, but will usually work. */
+-      gconf_shutdown_daemon (NULL);
++      g_spawn_command_line_sync ("/usr/bin/pkill -HUP -f /usr/libexec/gconfd-2",
++                                 NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+     }
+ 
+   if (config_source == NULL)