diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index ebbb22070..66d2305b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ banner message on the command line by default.  Set the `turbovnc.sshbannerdlg`
 Java system property to `1` to display the banner message in a dialog box
 instead, thus restoring the default behavior of TurboVNC 2.2.x.
 
+19. The RPM and DEB packages generated by the TurboVNC build/packaging system
+now include a PolicyKit Local Authority (.pkla) file that prevents various
+authentication dialogs ("Authentication is required to create a color managed
+device", "Authentication is required to access the PC/SC daemon",
+"Authentication is required to refresh the system repositories") from popping
+up when using the GNOME 3 window manager with the TurboVNC Server on various
+Linux distributions.
+
 
 2.2.5
 =====
diff --git a/release/makedpkg.in b/release/makedpkg.in
index c7b51fffd..16a5e8ed1 100644
--- a/release/makedpkg.in
+++ b/release/makedpkg.in
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ Type=Application
 Categories=Application;Utility;X-Red-Hat-Extra;
 EOF
 
+if [ "$SYSCONFDIR" = "/etc" ]; then
+mkdir -p $TMPDIR/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d
+cat > $TMPDIR/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-turbovnc-gnome3.pkla << EOF
+[Eliminate GNOME 3 dialogs in TurboVNC]
+Identity=unix-user:*
+Action=org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-profile;org.debian.pcsc-lite.access_pcsc;org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
+ResultAny=no
+ResultInactive=no
+ResultActive=yes
+EOF
+fi
+
 if [ ! "$DATADIR" = "/usr/share" ]; then
 	safedirmove $TMPDIR/$DATADIR/icons $TMPDIR/usr/share/icons $TMPDIR/__tmpicons
 fi
diff --git a/release/rpm.spec.in b/release/rpm.spec.in
index 81d068be0..c696dc3a4 100644
--- a/release/rpm.spec.in
+++ b/release/rpm.spec.in
@@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ Categories=Application;Utility;X-Red-Hat-Extra;
 EOF
 %endif
 
+%if "%{server}" == "1"
+%if "%{sysconfdir}" == "%{_sysconfdir}"
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{sysconfdir}/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d
+cat > %{buildroot}/%{sysconfdir}/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-turbovnc-gnome3.pkla << EOF
+[Eliminate GNOME 3 dialogs in TurboVNC]
+Identity=unix-user:*
+Action=org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.delete-profile;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-device;org.freedesktop.color-manager.modify-profile;org.debian.pcsc-lite.access_pcsc;org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
+ResultAny=no
+ResultInactive=no
+ResultActive=yes
+EOF
+%endif
+%endif
+
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
@@ -238,6 +252,12 @@ fi
  %config(noreplace) %{sysconfdir}/sysconfig/tvncservers
  %config(noreplace) %{sysconfdir}/turbovncserver.conf
  %config(noreplace) %{sysconfdir}/turbovncserver-security.conf
+ %if "%{sysconfdir}" == "%{_sysconfdir}"
+  %dir %{sysconfdir}/polkit-1
+  %attr(0750,root,polkitd) %dir %{sysconfdir}/polkit-1/localauthority
+  %dir %{sysconfdir}/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d
+  %config %{sysconfdir}/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/45-turbovnc-gnome3.pkla
+ %endif
 %endif
 
 %dir %{docdir}