diff -urN gkrellm-2.2.10-nopatch/src/gkrellm-private.h gkrellm-2.2.10-my-embedded-patch/src/gkrellm-private.h
--- gkrellm-2.2.10-nopatch/src/gkrellm-private.h	2006-10-27 06:50:36.000000000 +0930
+++ gkrellm-2.2.10-my-embedded-patch/src/gkrellm-private.h	2006-12-12 21:27:31.000000000 +1030
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 	gboolean	save_position,
 				withdrawn,
 				on_top;
+	gint		embedded;
 	gboolean	sticky_state,
 				state_skip_taskbar,
 				state_skip_pager,
diff -urN gkrellm-2.2.10-nopatch/src/main.c gkrellm-2.2.10-my-embedded-patch/src/main.c
--- gkrellm-2.2.10-nopatch/src/main.c	2006-10-27 06:50:14.000000000 +0930
+++ gkrellm-2.2.10-my-embedded-patch/src/main.c	2006-12-12 21:48:07.000000000 +1030
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <signal.h>
-
+#include <errno.h>
 
 struct GkrellmConfig	_GK;
 GkrellmTicks			GK;
@@ -1489,7 +1489,11 @@
 	GdkPixbuf	*icon;
 #endif
 
-	gtree.window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
+	if(_GK.embedded)
+		gtree.window = gtk_plug_new(_GK.embedded);
+	else
+		gtree.window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
+
 	gtk_widget_set_name(gtree.window, PACKAGE);
 
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,4,0)
@@ -1770,6 +1774,7 @@
 "       --m2                 Left button side frame shading (for 2 btn mice).\n"
 "       --nt                 No transparency.\n"
 "   -w, --withdrawn          Draw GKrellM in withdrawn mode.\n"
+"       --embedded windowid  Embed GKrellM in the specified window.\n"
 "   -c, --config suffix      Use alternate config files generated by\n"
 "                            appending \"suffix\" to config file names.\n"
 "   -f, --force-host-config  Creates config files generated by appending the\n"
@@ -2120,6 +2125,28 @@
 			else
 				_GK.debug = 1;
 			}
+		else if (!strcmp(s, "embedded"))
+			{
+			++i;
+			if(i<argc)
+				{
+				errno=0;
+				//this supports decimal or hex if it starts with '0x'
+				_GK.embedded = strtol(argv[i],NULL,0);
+				if(errno)
+					{
+					g_print(_("Invalid arg after '%s':'%s'\n"), s, argv[i]);
+					usage();
+					exit(0);
+					}
+				}
+			else
+				{
+				g_print(_("Missing arg after '%s'\n"), s);
+				usage();
+				exit(0);
+				}
+			}
 		else if (!strcmp(s, "nolock"))
 			_GK.nolock = TRUE;
 		else if (!strcmp(s, "without-libsensors"))