diff --git a/conf/intel/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite b/conf/intel/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite
index 7d3a3e3..074bdd7 100644
--- a/conf/intel/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite
+++ b/conf/intel/entropy/packages/packages.server.dep_rewrite
@@ -132,3 +132,6 @@ x11-misc/x11vnc (.*)net-dns/avahi(.*) \1net-dns/avahi-base\2
 
 # Fix gtk-3 deps
 media-video/kino (.*)x11-libs/gtk(.*) \1x11-libs/gtk\2:2
+
+# gnome-session-3.0.2 should pull in notification-daemon or it won't start
+>=gnome-base/gnome-session-3.0 ++>=x11-misc/notification-daemon-0.7.1<2>