diff --git a/www/galeon/Makefile b/www/galeon/Makefile
index 031b1c81aa86..69594782c87a 100644
--- a/www/galeon/Makefile
+++ b/www/galeon/Makefile
@@ -68,4 +68,7 @@ post-configure:
 			 s|%%X11BASE%%|${X11BASE}|g ; \
 			 s|%%MOZILLA%%|${MOZILLA}|g' ${WRKSRC}/src/galeon
 
+pre-install:
+	@-${X11BASE}/bin/gconftool --shutdown
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/galeon2/Makefile b/www/galeon2/Makefile
index 031b1c81aa86..69594782c87a 100644
--- a/www/galeon2/Makefile
+++ b/www/galeon2/Makefile
@@ -68,4 +68,7 @@ post-configure:
 			 s|%%X11BASE%%|${X11BASE}|g ; \
 			 s|%%MOZILLA%%|${MOZILLA}|g' ${WRKSRC}/src/galeon
 
+pre-install:
+	@-${X11BASE}/bin/gconftool --shutdown
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>