diff --git a/0001-for-now-prepend-the-D-Bus-error-name-to-the-error-s.patch b/0001-for-now-prepend-the-D-Bus-error-name-to-the-error-s.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d0facf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-for-now-prepend-the-D-Bus-error-name-to-the-error-s.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 53cf4a6635586e68c7a45030b381bc98d4f9eb1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:04:17 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] for now, prepend the D-Bus error name to the error string from the daemon
+
+This is hidden behind a GtkExpander so it's not exactly a big deal. As
+noted we can removed this once we port to PolicyKit 1.0.
+---
+ src/gdu/gdu-error.c |    9 +++++++++
+ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/gdu/gdu-error.c b/src/gdu/gdu-error.c
+index 956c61c..992c4d8 100644
+--- a/src/gdu/gdu-error.c
++++ b/src/gdu/gdu-error.c
+@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ _gdu_error_fixup (GError *error)
+ {
+         const char *name;
+         gboolean matched;
++        gchar *s;
+ 
+         if (error == NULL)
+                 return;
+@@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ _gdu_error_fixup (GError *error)
+ 
+         if (matched)
+                 error->domain = GDU_ERROR;
++
++        /* Always prepend the D-Bus exception name to the message; we need this in
++         * gdu_error_check_polkit_not_authorized() to determine if it's a PolicyKit
++         * exception... when we port to polkit 1.0 this can go away.
++         */
++        s = g_strdup_printf ("%s: %s", name, error->message);
++        g_free (error->message);
++        error->message = s;
+ }
+ 
+ /**
+-- 
+1.6.2.2
+
diff --git a/gnome-disk-utility.spec b/gnome-disk-utility.spec
index 50a1970..87cfede 100644
--- a/gnome-disk-utility.spec
+++ b/gnome-disk-utility.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Summary: Disk management application
 Name: gnome-disk-utility
 Version: 0.3
-Release: 0.1.20090406git%{?dist}
+Release: 0.2.20090406git%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-disk-utility
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ BuildRequires: intltool
 Requires(post): scrollkeeper
 Requires(postun): scrollkeeper
 
+Patch0: 0001-for-now-prepend-the-D-Bus-error-name-to-the-error-s.patch
+
 %description
 This package contains the Palimpsest disk management application.
 Palimpsest supports partitioning, file system creation, encryption,
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ develop applications with gnome-disk-utility-ui-libs.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .gdu-polkit-authz
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -196,6 +199,9 @@ fi
 %{_includedir}/gnome-disk-utility/gdu-gtk/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 08 2009 David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> - 0.3-0.2.20090406git%{?dist}
+- Fix bug in detecting when a PolicyKit error is returned (#494787)
+
 * Mon Apr 06 2009 David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> - 0.3-0.1.20090406git%{?dist}
 - New snapshot