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