diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-fglrx/patches.upstream/xf86-video-fglrx-12.10-kernel-3.8.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-fglrx/patches.upstream/xf86-video-fglrx-12.10-kernel-3.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad2f3f18cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-fglrx/patches.upstream/xf86-video-fglrx-12.10-kernel-3.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- 12.11/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_acpi.c	2012-10-23 22:44:52.000000000 +0200
++++ 12.11/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_acpi.c	2012-12-22 22:11:30.289750331 +0100
+@@ -775,7 +775,9 @@
+ unsigned int ATI_API_CALL KCL_ACPI_GetHandles(kcl_match_info_t *pInfo)
+ {
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,12)
+-    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,19)
++    #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,8,0)
++        pInfo->video_handle = pInfo->pcidev->dev.acpi_node.handle;
++    #elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,19)
+         pInfo->video_handle = pInfo->pcidev->dev.archdata.acpi_handle;
+     #else 
+         pInfo->video_handle = pInfo->pcidev->dev.firmware_data;