diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/conf/distro/gnomeosdistro.conf b/gnomeos/yocto/conf/distro/gnomeosdistro.conf
index 2c76aae1..a305f1ce 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/conf/distro/gnomeosdistro.conf
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/conf/distro/gnomeosdistro.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TARGET_VENDOR = "-gnomeos"
 
 LOCALCONF_VERSION = "1"
 
-DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " largefile opengl"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " largefile opengl pam"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "3.0.%"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86 ?= "3.0%"