diff --git a/meta-gnome/dynamic-layers/meta-security/recipes-gnome/gnome-remote-desktop/gnome-remote-desktop_46.2.bb b/meta-gnome/dynamic-layers/meta-security/recipes-gnome/gnome-remote-desktop/gnome-remote-desktop_46.2.bb
index a16a02aa7bd..59ae9383db5 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/dynamic-layers/meta-security/recipes-gnome/gnome-remote-desktop/gnome-remote-desktop_46.2.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/dynamic-layers/meta-security/recipes-gnome/gnome-remote-desktop/gnome-remote-desktop_46.2.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
-inherit gnomebase gettext gsettings features_check
+inherit gnomebase gettext gsettings features_check useradd
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "opengl polkit"
 
@@ -36,5 +36,15 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[vnc] = "-Dvnc=true,-Dvnc=false,libvncserver"
 PACKAGECONFIG[rdp] = "-Drdp=true,-Drdp=false,freerdp3 fuse3 libxkbcommon"
 PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dsystemd=true,-Dsystemd=false,systemd"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 polkitd"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    if [ -d ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d ]; then
+        chmod 700 ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+        chown polkitd:root ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+    fi
+}
+
 PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE = "debug-without-src"
 FILES:${PN} += "${systemd_user_unitdir} ${systemd_system_unitdir} ${datadir} ${libdir}/sysusers.d ${libdir}/tmpfiles.d"
diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-control-center/gnome-control-center_46.2.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-control-center/gnome-control-center_46.2.bb
index ae96caf94f2..152e803b5d9 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-control-center/gnome-control-center_46.2.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-control-center/gnome-control-center_46.2.bb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     upower \
 "
 
-inherit gtk-icon-cache pkgconfig gnomebase gsettings gettext upstream-version-is-even bash-completion features_check
+inherit gtk-icon-cache pkgconfig gnomebase gsettings gettext upstream-version-is-even bash-completion features_check useradd
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES += "opengl polkit pulseaudio systemd x11"
 
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Doe_sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}"
 
 export XDG_DATA_DIRS = "${STAGING_DATADIR}"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 polkitd"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    if [ -d ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d ]; then
+        chmod 700 ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+        chown polkitd:root ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+    fi
+}
+
 PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE = "debug-without-src"
 
 FILES:${PN} += " \
diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gvfs/gvfs_1.54.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gvfs/gvfs_1.54.0.bb
index 6549b1900f7..01cdb4eef59 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gvfs/gvfs_1.54.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gvfs/gvfs_1.54.0.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "gvfs is a userspace virtual filesystem"
 LICENSE = "LGPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=05df38dd77c35ec8431f212410a3329e"
 
-inherit gnomebase gsettings bash-completion gettext upstream-version-is-even features_check
+inherit gnomebase gsettings bash-completion gettext upstream-version-is-even features_check useradd
 
 DEPENDS += "\
     dbus \
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[fuse] = "-Dfuse=true, -Dfuse=false, fuse3"
 # libcdio-paranoia recipe doesn't exist yet
 PACKAGECONFIG[cdda] = "-Dcdda=true, -Dcdda=false, libcdio-paranoia"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 polkitd"
+
 do_install:append() {
+    if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'polkit', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+        # Fix up permissions on polkit rules.d to work with rpm4 constraints
+        chmod 700 ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+        chown polkitd:root ${D}${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+    fi
+
     # After rebuilds (not from scracth) it can happen that the executables in
     # libexec ar missing executable permission flag. Not sure but it came up
     # during transition to meson. Looked into build files and logs but could
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/blueman/blueman_2.4.3.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/blueman/blueman_2.4.3.bb
index e7f0987e0fc..42e20cc9ed0 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/blueman/blueman_2.4.3.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/blueman/blueman_2.4.3.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
 DEPENDS = "gtk+3 glib-2.0 bluez5 python3-pygobject python3-cython-native"
 
-inherit meson gettext systemd gsettings pkgconfig python3native gtk-icon-cache features_check python3targetconfig
+inherit meson gettext systemd gsettings pkgconfig python3native gtk-icon-cache useradd features_check python3targetconfig
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"
 
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ do_install:append() {
                                               ${D}${bindir}/blueman-services \
                                               ${D}${bindir}/blueman-tray
 }
+
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 --shell /bin/nologin polkitd"
+
+do_install:append() {
+        # Fix up permissions on polkit rules.d to work with rpm4 constraints
+        chmod 700 ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+        chown polkitd:root ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+}
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_1.9.24.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_1.9.24.bb
index 15cde9f1009..8b66084b776 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_1.9.24.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/fwupd/fwupd_1.9.24.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 # Machine-specific as we examine MACHINE_FEATURES to decide whether to build the UEFI plugins
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
-inherit meson vala gobject-introspection systemd bash-completion pkgconfig gi-docgen ptest manpages
+inherit meson vala gobject-introspection systemd bash-completion pkgconfig gi-docgen ptest manpages useradd
 
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION = 'docs'
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ DISABLE_NON_X86:x86 = ""
 DISABLE_NON_X86:x86-64 = ""
 PACKAGECONFIG:remove = "${DISABLE_NON_X86}"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 --shell /bin/nologin polkitd"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'polkit', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+        #Fix up permissions on polkit rules.d to work with rpm4 constraints
+        chmod 700 ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+        chown polkitd:root ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+    fi
+}
+
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/fwupd-plugins-* \
                 ${libdir}/fwupd-${PV} \
                 ${systemd_unitdir} \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/flatpak/flatpak_1.15.10.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/flatpak/flatpak_1.15.10.bb
index c9d04e92619..cf512c7cc6a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/flatpak/flatpak_1.15.10.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/flatpak/flatpak_1.15.10.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRCREV = "8b4f523c4f8287d57f1a84a3a8216efe200c5fbf"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit meson pkgconfig gettext systemd gtk-doc gobject-introspection python3native mime features_check
+inherit meson pkgconfig gettext systemd gtk-doc gobject-introspection python3native useradd mime features_check
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "polkit"
 
@@ -76,3 +76,12 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
 "
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir} ${datadir}"
+
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 polkitd"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    chmod 0700 ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+    chown polkitd ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+    chgrp root ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+}
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
index b30d85080b9..c4bc50fa8e5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 
 GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 
-inherit  meson pkgconfig gobject-introspection gettext features_check
+inherit  meson pkgconfig gobject-introspection gettext features_check useradd
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "pam polkit gobject-introspection"
 
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[ui] = ",,,malcontent-ui"
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dui=disabled"
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 --shell /bin/nologin polkitd"
+
+do_install:append() {
+        # Fix up permissions on polkit rules.d to work with rpm4 constraints
+        chmod 700 ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+        chown polkitd:root ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+}
+
 FILES:${PN} += " \
 	${libdir}/security/pam_malcontent.so \
 	${datadir}/accountsservice \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/geoclue/geoclue_2.7.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/geoclue/geoclue_2.7.1.bb
index 5d247fb9c26..9fcd1e6f1e0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/geoclue/geoclue_2.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/geoclue/geoclue_2.7.1.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=bdfdd4986a0853eb84eeba85f9d0c4d6"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 dbus json-glib libsoup-3.0 intltool-native"
 
-inherit meson pkgconfig gtk-doc gobject-introspection vala
+inherit meson pkgconfig gtk-doc gobject-introspection vala useradd
 
 SRCREV = "8a24f60969d4c235d9918796c38a6a9c42e10131"
 SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += " \
     -Ddbus-sys-dir=${sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d \
 "
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --home-dir ${sysconfdir}/polkit-1 --shell /bin/nologin polkitd"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'modem-gps', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+        # Fix up permissions on polkit rules.d to work with rpm4 constraints
+        chmod 700 ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+        chown polkitd:root ${D}/${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d
+    fi
+}
+
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/dbus-1/system-services \
     ${datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d \