diff --git a/desktop/gnome-session/0002-gnome-session-add-profile-sourcing.patch b/desktop/gnome-session/0002-gnome-session-add-profile-sourcing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f273536e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/gnome-session/0002-gnome-session-add-profile-sourcing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+diff -Naur gnome-session-42.0/gnome-session/gnome-session.in gnome-session-42.0-patched/gnome-session/gnome-session.in
+--- gnome-session-42.0/gnome-session/gnome-session.in	2022-08-03 19:15:53.227967625 -0000
++++ gnome-session-42.0-patched/gnome-session/gnome-session.in	2022-08-03 19:17:49.002962878 -0000
+@@ -10,6 +10,58 @@
+     exec bash -c "exec -l '$SHELL' -c '$0 -l $*'"
+   else
+     shift
++
++    # Source some profile scripts in gnome so we dont have to
++    # depend on a systemd locale service.
++    # This code was copied from KDE's "wayland-session" script.
++    # Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Pier Luigi Fiorini <pierluigi.fiorini@gmail.com>
++    # This file is extracted from kde-workspace (kdm/kfrontend/genkdmconf.c)
++    # Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
++    # Added to gnome's "gnome-session" script by Bob Funk <bobfunk11@gmail.com>
++    # Note that the respective logout scripts are not sourced.
++    case $SHELL in
++      */bash)
++        [ -z "$BASH" ] && exec $SHELL $0 "$@"
++        set +o posix
++        [ -f /etc/profile ] && . /etc/profile
++        if [ -f $HOME/.bash_profile ]; then
++          . $HOME/.bash_profile
++        elif [ -f $HOME/.bash_login ]; then
++          . $HOME/.bash_login
++        elif [ -f $HOME/.profile ]; then
++          . $HOME/.profile
++        fi
++      ;;
++      */zsh)
++        [ -z "$ZSH_NAME" ] && exec $SHELL $0 "$@"
++        [ -d /etc/zsh ] && zdir=/etc/zsh || zdir=/etc
++        zhome=${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}
++        # zshenv is always sourced automatically.
++        [ -f $zdir/zprofile ] && . $zdir/zprofile
++        [ -f $zhome/.zprofile ] && . $zhome/.zprofile
++        [ -f $zdir/zlogin ] && . $zdir/zlogin
++        [ -f $zhome/.zlogin ] && . $zhome/.zlogin
++        emulate -R sh
++      ;;
++      */csh|*/tcsh)
++        # [t]cshrc is always sourced automatically.
++        # Note that sourcing csh.login after .cshrc is non-standard.
++        wlsess_tmp=`mktemp /tmp/wlsess-env-XXXXXX`
++        $SHELL -c "if (-f /etc/csh.login) source /etc/csh.login; if (-f ~/.login) source ~/.login; /bin/sh -c 'export -p' >! $wlsess_tmp"
++        . $wlsess_tmp
++        rm -f $wlsess_tmp
++      ;;
++      */fish)
++        xsess_tmp=`mktemp /tmp/xsess-env-XXXXXX`
++        $SHELL --login -c "/bin/sh -c 'export -p' > $xsess_tmp"
++        . $xsess_tmp
++        rm -f $xsess_tmp
++      ;;
++      *) # Plain sh, ksh, and anything we do not know.
++        [ -f /etc/profile ] && . /etc/profile
++        [ -f $HOME/.profile ] && . $HOME/.profile
++      ;;
++  esac
+   fi
+ fi
+ 
diff --git a/desktop/gnome-session/gnome-session.SlackBuild b/desktop/gnome-session/gnome-session.SlackBuild
index 80983afd74..1085048f06 100644
--- a/desktop/gnome-session/gnome-session.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/gnome-session/gnome-session.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=gnome-session
 VERSION=${VERSION:-42.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ find -L . \
 # Patch gnome-session so it can be built with elogind:
 patch -Np1 -i $CWD/0001-meson-add-elogind-support.patch
 
+# Patch the gnome-session wrapper script to source profile scripts:
+patch -Np1 -i $CWD/0002-gnome-session-add-profile-sourcing.patch
+
 mkdir build
 cd build
   CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \