diff --git a/src/daemon/org.pulseaudio.policy.in b/src/daemon/org.pulseaudio.policy.in
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
+ "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
+ "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd">
+
+<!--
+This file is part of PulseAudio.
+
+PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
+Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+USA.
+-->
+
+<policyconfig>
+  <vendor>The PulseAudio Project</vendor>
+  <vendor_url>http://pulseaudio.org/</vendor_url>
+  <icon_name>audio-card</icon_name>
+
+  <action id="org.pulseaudio.acquire-real-time">
+    <_description>Real-time scheduling for the PulseAudio daemon</_description>
+    <_message>System policy prevents PulseAudio from acquiring real-time scheduling.</_message>
+    <defaults>
+      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
+      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
+      <allow_active>no</allow_active>
+    </defaults>
+  </action>
+
+  <action id="org.pulseaudio.acquire-high-priority">
+    <_description>High-priority scheduling (negative Unix nice level) for the PulseAudio daemon</_description>
+    <_message>System policy prevents PulseAudio from acquiring high-priority scheduling.</_message>
+    <defaults>
+      <allow_any>no</allow_any>
+      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
+      <allow_active>no</allow_active>
+    </defaults>
+  </action>
+
+</policyconfig>
diff --git a/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop.in b/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop.in
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Encoding=UTF-8
+_Name=PulseAudio Sound System
+_Comment=Start the PulseAudio Sound System
+Exec=start-pulseaudio-x11
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=
+GenericName=