diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1476b81c0a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+To run gsmartcontrol through a desktop menu, a polkit authentication agent
+must be running; for GNOME and KDE users it should be already installed,
+otherwise you can install *lxpolkit* which is a lightweight polkit
+authentication agent.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/files/gsmartcontrol-pkexec b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/files/gsmartcontrol-pkexec
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7cf85926175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/files/gsmartcontrol-pkexec
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pkexec --disable-internal-agent "/usr/bin/gsmartcontrol" "$@"
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/files/org.void.pkexec.gsmartcontrol.policy b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/files/org.void.pkexec.gsmartcontrol.policy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c266dae5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/files/org.void.pkexec.gsmartcontrol.policy
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
+ "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
+ "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd">
+<policyconfig>
+
+  <action id="org.void.pkexec.gsmartcontrol">
+    <message>Authentication is required to run GSmartControl</message>
+    <icon_name>gsmartcontrol</icon_name>
+    <defaults>
+      <allow_any>auth_admin</allow_any>
+      <allow_inactive>auth_admin</allow_inactive>
+      <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active>
+    </defaults>
+    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/gsmartcontrol</annotate>
+    <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>
+  </action>
+
+</policyconfig>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/template b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/template
index 60443a1a1ae..27d28a862e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsmartcontrol/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gsmartcontrol'
 pkgname=gsmartcontrol
 version=0.8.7
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gtkmm2-devel pcre-devel desktop-file-utils"
@@ -17,5 +17,16 @@ CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11"
 
 post_install() {
 	# license files uneeded
-	rm -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/LICENSE_*
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/LICENSE_*
+
+	# PolicyKit support
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/org.void.pkexec.gsmartcontrol.policy 644 /usr/share/polkit-1/actions
+	vbin ${FILESDIR}/gsmartcontrol-pkexec
+
+	sed -i "s|^Exec=.*|Exec="/usr/bin/gsmartcontrol-pkexec"|" \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications/gsmartcontrol.desktop
+
+	# no more need of gsmartcontrol-root since polkit
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${pkgname}-root
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/gsmartcontrol-root.1
 }