diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 684b364..3f0733e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SOURCES/gpm-1.20.7.tar.xz
+gpm-1.20.6.tar.lzma
+/gpm-1.20.7.tar.lzma
 /gpm-1.20.7.tar.xz
diff --git a/gpm-1.20.6-capability.patch b/gpm-1.20.6-capability.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a121188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpm-1.20.6-capability.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff -urp gpm-1.20.6.orig/configure.ac gpm-1.20.6/configure.ac
+--- gpm-1.20.6.orig/configure.ac	2009-08-15 13:39:33.000000000 -0400
++++ gpm-1.20.6/configure.ac	2009-08-15 13:51:14.000000000 -0400
+@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ No|no|N|n) SHARED_LIBS=-lc ;;
+     LIBS=$SAVELIBS ;;
+ esac    
+ 
++# look for capabilities library
++LIBCAP_NG_PATH
++
+ GPMXTERM=
+ AC_SUBST(GPMXTERM)
+ AC_SUBST(abi_lev)
+diff -urp gpm-1.20.6.orig/src/daemon/main.c gpm-1.20.6/src/daemon/main.c
+--- gpm-1.20.6.orig/src/daemon/main.c	2009-08-15 13:39:33.000000000 -0400
++++ gpm-1.20.6/src/daemon/main.c	2009-08-15 13:47:39.000000000 -0400
+@@ -26,9 +26,18 @@
+ 
+ #include "headers/daemon.h"
+ #include "headers/gpmInt.h"
++#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG
++#include <cap-ng.h>
++#endif
+ 
+ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ {
++#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG
++   capng_clear(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
++   capng_updatev(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_EFFECTIVE|CAPNG_PERMITTED,
++      CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG, -1);
++   capng_apply(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
++#endif
+    startup(argc,argv);  /* setup configurations */
+    old_main();          /* LATER: exit(daemon()); */
+    return 0;            /* if we didn't exit before, just give back success */
+diff -urp gpm-1.20.6.orig/src/Makefile.in gpm-1.20.6/src/Makefile.in
+--- gpm-1.20.6.orig/src/Makefile.in	2009-08-15 13:39:33.000000000 -0400
++++ gpm-1.20.6/src/Makefile.in	2009-08-15 13:49:45.000000000 -0400
+@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ prog/%:	prog/%.o
+ all:	gpm lib/libgpm.so.@abi_lev@ lib/libgpm.a $(PROG)
+ 
+ gpm:	$(GOBJ)
+-	$(CC) @LDFLAGS@ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(GOBJ) @LIBS@ $(LIBS) -lm
++	$(CC) @LDFLAGS@ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(GOBJ) @LIBS@ $(LIBS) \
++		-lm $(CAPNG_LDADD)
+ 
+ # construct dependings of sourcefiles and link sourcefiles
+ $(DEPFILE) dep: prog/gpm-root.c