diff --git a/clock-wakeups.patch b/clock-wakeups.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f842aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clock-wakeups.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -up gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c.wakeups gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c
+--- gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c.wakeups	2008-06-10 19:31:19.000000000 -0400
++++ gnome-panel-2.23.3/applets/clock/system-timezone.c	2008-06-10 19:33:02.000000000 -0400
+@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
+ #include "system-timezone.h"
+ 
+ /* Files that we look at and that should be monitored */
+-#define CHECK_NB 5
++#define CHECK_NB 2
+ #ifndef SYSTZ_SET_TEST
+ #define ETC_TIMEZONE        "/etc/timezone"
+ #define ETC_TIMEZONE_MAJ    "/etc/TIMEZONE"
+@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@
+ #define TZ_MAGIC "TZif"
+ 
+ static char *files_to_check[CHECK_NB] = {
+-        ETC_TIMEZONE,
+-        ETC_TIMEZONE_MAJ,
+         ETC_SYSCONFIG_CLOCK,
+-        ETC_CONF_D_CLOCK,
+         ETC_LOCALTIME
+ };
+ 
diff --git a/gnome-panel.spec b/gnome-panel.spec
index e5a029d..3202524 100644
--- a/gnome-panel.spec
+++ b/gnome-panel.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 Summary: GNOME panel
 Name: gnome-panel
 Version: 2.23.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.gnome.org
 Source0: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-panel/2.23/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ Patch33: gnome-panel-use-gio.patch
 # http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529243
 Patch34: gnome-panel-launch-with-gio.patch
 
+Patch35: clock-wakeups.patch
+
 Conflicts: gnome-power-manager < 2.15.3
 
 %description
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ Panel Applets using the libpanel-applet library.
 %patch28 -p1 -b .larger-find-window
 %patch33 -p1 -b .use-gio
 %patch34 -p1 -b .launch-with-gio
+%patch35 -p1 -b .clock-wakeups
 
 . %{SOURCE6}
 
@@ -355,6 +358,10 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 10 2008 Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.23.3-2
+- Avoid unnecessary wakeups in the clock for monitoring 
+  Gentoo config file locations
+
 * Wed Jun  4 2008 Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.23.3-1
 - 2.23.3