diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ee36616..3c92bfe6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16506,3 +16506,6 @@
 2017-12-18 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Added dependency information to 'rivendell.spec.in' to enforce
 	consistent Rivendell versioning across sub-packages.
+2017-12-18 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Modified the PAM modules for rdalsaconfig(8) and rdhpiinfo(8)
+	to start correctly from the desktop menu.
diff --git a/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper b/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper
index 42c1fd81..b7ec8ebe 100644
--- a/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper
+++ b/xdg/rdalsaconfig-root-consolehelper
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 USER=root
 PROGRAM=/usr/bin/rdalsaconfig
+SESSION=true
diff --git a/xdg/rdhpiinfo-root-consolehelper b/xdg/rdhpiinfo-root-consolehelper
index 67378d3b..ff490ec1 100644
--- a/xdg/rdhpiinfo-root-consolehelper
+++ b/xdg/rdhpiinfo-root-consolehelper
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 USER=root
 PROGRAM=/usr/bin/rdhpiinfo
+SESSION=true