diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0002-allow-root.patch b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0002-allow-root.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eccfbbf87c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0002-allow-root.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- chromium-59.0.3071.109/./chrome/browser/ui/views/chrome_browser_main_extra_parts_views.cc.org	2017-06-26 20:32:34.907628561 +0200
++++ chromium-59.0.3071.109/./chrome/browser/ui/views/chrome_browser_main_extra_parts_views.cc	2017-06-26 20:31:05.855206203 +0200
+@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
+     IMEDriver::Register();
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if defined(OS_LINUX) && !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
++#if 0
+   // On the Linux desktop, we want to prevent the user from logging in as root,
+   // so that we don't destroy the profile. Now that we have some minimal ui
+   // initialized, check to see if we're running as root and bail if we are.