diff --git a/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon/cinnamon.bb b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon/cinnamon.bb
index 6fca45e..6a1efea 100644
--- a/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon/cinnamon.bb
+++ b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon/cinnamon.bb
@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ SRC_URI = " \
     file://okaestne-settings-performance/0004-Spices-defer-import-of-requests-module.patch \
     file://okaestne-settings-performance/0005-cs-fix-print_timing-remove-stale-touch-function.patch \
     file://okaestne-settings-performance/0006-cs-lazy-load-python-modules-when-passed-as-arg.patch \
+    file://polkit-cinnamon-authentication-agent-1.desktop \
 "
 SRCREV = "037b17248b176c7f3dd5c9848f8c6738105c4cc2"
 PV = "5.2.7+git${SRCPV}"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
+do_install:append() {
+    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart
+    install -m644 ${WORKDIR}/polkit-cinnamon-authentication-agent-1.desktop ${D}${sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart
+}
+
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/cinnamon-session \
     ${datadir}/dbus-1 \
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     keybinder \
     metacity \
     gnome-panel \
+    polkit-gnome \
     wget \
     cups \
     accountsservice \
diff --git a/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon/cinnamon/polkit-cinnamon-authentication-agent-1.desktop b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon/cinnamon/polkit-cinnamon-authentication-agent-1.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9734e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon/cinnamon/polkit-cinnamon-authentication-agent-1.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=PolicyKit Authentication Agent
+Comment=GNOME Authentication Agent @ Cinnamon Session
+Exec=/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
+Terminal=false
+Icon=dialog-password
+OnlyShowIn=X-Cinnamon