diff --git a/bootstrap-bundle b/bootstrap-bundle
index 187ac793e..07b827f4f 100755
--- a/bootstrap-bundle
+++ b/bootstrap-bundle
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ envfile="$selfdir/$profile_name.env"
 pushd ../bockbuild/profiles/banshee &>/dev/null
 ./$profile -bv
 ./$profile -e > "$envfile"
+
+# write the newly generated env vars as xml into the Nereid.csproj
+# so we can start with MonoDevelop immediately.
+[ $profile_name = darwin ] && \
+	./$profile --csproj-insert="$selfdir/src/Clients/Nereid/Nereid.csproj"
 popd &>/dev/null
 
 [ $profile_name = darwin ] && \