diff -up gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/Client.cs.threadfix gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/Client.cs
--- gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/Client.cs.threadfix	2013-03-27 15:22:31.786599211 -0400
+++ gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/Client.cs	2013-03-27 15:23:45.081596591 -0400
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ namespace GConf
 		[DllImport("gconf-2")]
 		static extern IntPtr gconf_client_get_default ();
 
+		[DllImport("dbus-glib-1")] 
+		static extern void dbus_g_thread_init (); 
+
+		static Client ()
+		{
+			// HACK: we have to initialize dbus' threading else GConf with its 
+			// dbus backend will not be thread safe and SEGVs in our face, see: 
+			// https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683830
+			dbus_g_thread_init(); 
+		}
+
 		public Client ()
 		{
 			Initialize ();
diff -up gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/gconf-sharp.dll.config.in.threadfix gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/gconf-sharp.dll.config.in
--- gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/gconf-sharp.dll.config.in.threadfix	2013-03-27 15:23:56.970596166 -0400
+++ gnome-sharp-2.24.2/gconf/GConf/gconf-sharp.dll.config.in	2013-03-27 15:24:28.152595051 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <configuration>
   <dllmap dll="gconf-2" target="libgconf-2@LIB_PREFIX@.4@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
+  <dllmap dll="dbus-glib-1" target="libdbus-glib-1@LIB_PREFIX@.2@LIB_SUFFIX@"/>
 </configuration>