diff --git a/app-emulation/vmware-server-console/files/vmsc-force-included-gtk.patch b/app-emulation/vmware-server-console/files/vmsc-force-included-gtk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0be0596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/vmware-server-console/files/vmsc-force-included-gtk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- vmsc/bin/vmware-server-console.original	2008-11-19 14:54:41.000000000 +0100
++++ vmsc/bin/vmware-server-console	2008-11-19 14:56:02.000000000 +0100
+@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
+ # BEGINNING_OF_DB_DOT_SH
+ #!/bin/sh
+ 
++export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force
++
+ #
+ # Manage an installer database
+ #
diff --git a/app-emulation/vmware-server-console/files/vmsc-wrapper-gtk24.sh.patch b/app-emulation/vmware-server-console/files/vmsc-wrapper-gtk24.sh.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..052e49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/vmware-server-console/files/vmsc-wrapper-gtk24.sh.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- vmsc/lib/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh.original	2008-11-18 23:24:33.000000000 +0100
++++ vmsc/lib/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh	2008-11-19 01:09:43.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
+    vm_append_lib 'libgmodule-2.0.so.0'
+    vm_append_lib 'libgobject-2.0.so.0'
+    vm_append_lib 'libgthread-2.0.so.0'
++   vm_append_lib 'libgio-2.0.so.0'
+ 
+    # ATK
+    vm_append_lib 'libatk-1.0.so.0'
+@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
+    vm_append_lib 'libfreetype.so.6'
+    vm_append_lib 'libXft.so.2'
+    vm_append_lib 'libXrender.so.1'
++   vm_append_lib 'libX11.so.6'
+ 
+    # FontConfig is actually fairly well behaved but the fonts.conf that we
+    # force when VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes generates seemingly harmless