diff --git a/gnome/Makefile b/gnome/Makefile
index 69945ac..a281f10 100644
--- a/gnome/Makefile
+++ b/gnome/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 
-# totem gst-inspect requires a machine id (generated by dbus). we
-# don't have one yet because we are in a virgin chroot. fake one
-preinstall:
-	mkdir -p "$(CHROOT)/var/lib/dbus"
-	echo 1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef > \
-		"$(CHROOT)"/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+preinstall: custom.conf dhclient.conf
+	mkdir -p "$(CHROOT)"/etc/dhcp
+	cp dhclient.conf "$(CHROOT)"/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
+	mkdir -p "$(CHROOT)"/etc/gdm
+	cp custom.conf "$(CHROOT)"/etc/gdm/custom.conf
 
-postinstall: custom.conf gdm.start
-	$(RM) "$(CHROOT)"/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
-	cp custom.conf "$(CHROOT)"/etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf
-	ln -sf /etc/init.d/dbus "$(CHROOT)/etc/runlevels/default/dbus"
-	cp gdm.start "$(CHROOT)/etc/local.d/gdm.start"
+
+postinstall: 
+	$(inroot) systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
+	$(inroot) systemctl enable gdm.service
+	$(inroot) systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service
+	$(inroot) ln -nsf /usr/lib/systemd/systemd /sbin/init
 
 clean:
 
diff --git a/gnome/dhclient.conf b/gnome/dhclient.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41769e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome/dhclient.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+send host-name = pick-first-value(gethostname(), "ISC-dhclient");
+#send dhcp-client-identifier 1:0:a0:24:ab:fb:9c;
+#send dhcp-lease-time 3600;
+#supersede domain-search "fugue.com", "home.vix.com";
+#prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
+#request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
+#	domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
+#require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers;
+#timeout 60;
+#retry 60;
+#reboot 10;
+#select-timeout 5;
+#initial-interval 2;
+#media "-link0 -link1 -link2", "link0 link1";
+#reject 192.33.137.209;
+
+#alias {
+#  interface "ep0";
+#  fixed-address 192.5.5.213;
+#  option subnet-mask 255.255.255.255;
+#}
+
+#lease {
+#  interface "ep0";
+#  fixed-address 192.33.137.200;
+#  medium "link0 link1";
+#  option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
+#  option broadcast-address 192.33.137.255;
+#  option routers 192.33.137.250;
+#  option domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
+#  renew 2 2000/1/12 00:00:01;
+#  rebind 2 2000/1/12 00:00:01;
+#  expire 2 2000/1/12 00:00:01;
+#}
diff --git a/gnome/gdm.start b/gnome/gdm.start
deleted file mode 100755
index df56f23..0000000
--- a/gnome/gdm.start
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# gdm.start: start gdm (duh)
-
-gdm &>/dev/null
-
diff --git a/gnome/make.conf b/gnome/make.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc159a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome/make.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"
+PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7"
+USE="$USE introspection pulseaudio -openrc systemd"
+RUBY_TARGETS=ruby20
+VIDEO_CARDS=""
+APACHE2_MODULES="auth_digest authn_file authz_groupfile dav dav_fs"
diff --git a/gnome/package.use b/gnome/package.use
index 197d4f3..b9feb1a 100644
--- a/gnome/package.use
+++ b/gnome/package.use
@@ -4,40 +4,71 @@ sys-apps/hwids udev
 sys-apps/kmod openrc tools
 sys-apps/openrc netifrc
 sys-apps/portage python3 ipc
+sys-apps/systemd gudev kmod
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-fs/udev openrc
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
 sys-libs/ncurses minimal
+virtual/udev gudev kmod
 
 # for gnome
+app-crypt/gcr gtk vala
+app-crypt/libsecret crypt  # wtf?
 app-crypt/pinentry gtk
 app-text/enchant hunspell
 app-text/poppler cairo
+dev-cpp/gtkmm X
 dev-db/sqlite extensions
+dev-lang/vala vapigen
+dev-libs/folks eds telepathy
+dev-libs/gjs cairo
+dev-libs/libpeas gtk
 dev-libs/libxml2 python
 dev-python/pygobject threads
-gnome-base/gconf gtk
+gnome-base/gconf gtk policykit
+gnome-base/gnome extras
 gnome-base/gnome-menus python
 gnome-base/gnome-panel bonobo
-gnome-base/gvfs cdda gdu udev
-gnome-extra/evolution-data-server ssl weather
+gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon policykit udev
+gnome-base/gvfs cdda gdu gtk http udev udisks
+gnome-base/librsvg gtk
+gnome-extra/evolution-data-server gnome-online-accounts ssl vala weather
 mail-client/evolution ssl
-media-libs/libcanberra gtk
+media-libs/clutter gtk
+media-libs/cogl glib opengl pango
+media-libs/gst-plugins-base X pango
+media-libs/gst-plugins-base ogg theora vorbis
+media-libs/harfbuzz glib icu truetype
+media-libs/libcanberra gtk gtk3
 media-libs/libtheora encode
+media-libs/mesa gallium egl gles2 llvm nptl
 media-libs/swfdec gtk
+media-sound/pulseaudio glib udev
+net-dialup/ppp ipv6
+net-dns/avahi dbus
 net-libs/glib-networking ssl
+net-libs/gtk-vnc gtk3
 net-libs/libsoup gnome ssl
+net-libs/telepathy-glib vala
+net-libs/webkit-gtk gstreamer jit opengl webgl
 net-misc/curl ssl
+net-misc/dhcp client
+net-misc/networkmanager dhclient gnutls modemmanager ppp
+net-misc/vino avahi zlib
 net-print/cups dbus gnutls
 sys-apps/dbus X
 sys-apps/hwids udev
+sys-apps/systemd policykit
 sys-auth/consolekit policykit
 sys-auth/pambase consolekit
 sys-block/parted device-mapper
 sys-fs/udev gudev hwdb
 sys-power/upower deprecated
 virtual/udev gudev hwdb
-x11-libs/cairo glib svg X
+x11-apps/xinit minimal
+x11-base/xorg-server minimal nptl
+x11-libs/cairo glib svg X opengl
 x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf X jpeg
 x11-libs/gtk+ jpeg X
 x11-libs/pango X
+x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard gtk