diff --git a/gtk3.spec b/gtk3.spec
index 2f1db0b..a099997 100644
--- a/gtk3.spec
+++ b/gtk3.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 Summary: The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X
 Name: gtk3
 Version: 3.21.4
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.gtk.org
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ Requires: libwayland-cursor%{?_isa} >= %{wayland_version}
 # required to support all the different image formats
 Requires: gdk-pixbuf2-modules%{?_isa}
 
+# make sure we have a reasonable gsettings backend
+Recommends: dconf%{?_isa}
+
 # gtk3 itself includes the Adwaita theme now
 Obsoletes: adwaita-gtk3-theme < 3.13.3
 Provides: adwaita-gtk3-theme = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -335,6 +338,9 @@ gtk-query-immodules-3.0-%{__isa_bits} --update-cache
 %{_datadir}/installed-tests
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 27 2016 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 3.21.4-2
+- Install dconf gsettings backend by default (#1351236)
+
 * Mon Jul 18 2016 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 3.21.4-1
 - Update to 3.21.4