diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords b/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords
index c6af282c..c1ce1405 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dev-lang/rust ~amd64
 <dev-libs/go-fuse-1 ~amd64
 =dev-libs/go-usb-9999 **
 =dev-libs/gobject-plugin-9999 **
+<dev-libs/ell-1 ~amd64
 <dev-libs/libgit2-1.1 ~amd64
 <dev-libs/libixion-0.16 ~amd64
 <dev-libs/liborcus-0.16 ~amd64
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ net-analyzer/namebench ~amd64
 =net-libs/tox-9999 **
 <net-misc/freerdp-2.1 ~amd64
 net-misc/gdrive ~amd64
+<net-misc/networkmanager-2 ~amd64
 net-misc/r8168 ~amd64
 <net-misc/remmina-1.4 ~amd64
 <net-p2p/deluge-2.1 ~amd64
diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.unmask b/profiles/desktop/package.unmask
index 746220fc..fc259bd1 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.unmask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.unmask
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 <games-fps/doom3-1.4
 <games-fps/doom3-data-1.2
 app-admin/localepurge
-<net-misc/wicd-1.8
diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.use b/profiles/desktop/package.use
index db4de436..7a38fac4 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.use
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.use
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ games-strategy/warzone2100 videos
 games-util/steam-client-meta flash trayicon
 gnome-base/gconf policykit
 gnome-base/gvfs mtp udisks
+gnome-extra/nm-applet -modemmanager
 kde-plasma/kde-cli-tools -kdesu
 mail-client/thunderbird custom-optimization system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg system-libevent system-sqlite
 media-fonts/terminus-font a-like-o quote ru-dv ru-i ru-k
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ net-fs/samba -abi_x86_32
 net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar python
 net-libs/nghttp2 -abi_x86_32
 net-misc/iputils tracepath
+net-misc/networkmanager -dhclient dhcpcd -modemmanager -ncurses -ppp -wext
 net-misc/remmina rdp
-net-misc/wicd libnotify
 net-p2p/deluge geoip gtk libnotify sound webinterface
 net-p2p/transmission gtk
 net-voip/linphone gtk