diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords b/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords
index f38977e..7050285 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ dev-embedded/avr-libc * ~* -x86 -~x86 -amd64 -~amd64
 
 # temp keyword python 2.7.2
 =dev-lang/python-2.7.2 ~amd64 ~x86
+
+# GNOME 3 wants NM 0.9, so we need to bump knetworkmanager to live
+~kde-misc/knetworkmanager-9999 ~amd64 ~x86