diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta
index c4425ead44..1bf6e4d7c2 100644
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="xf86-video-nvidia"
-PKG_VERSION="280.04"
+#PKG_VERSION="280.04"
+PKG_VERSION="270.41.19"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="i386 x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="nonfree"
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches.upstream/xf86-video-nvidia-270.41.19-linux-3.0_compat.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches.upstream/xf86-video-nvidia-270.41.19-linux-3.0_compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c379edff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches.upstream/xf86-video-nvidia-270.41.19-linux-3.0_compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32/kernel/conftest.sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32.patch/kernel/conftest.sh
+--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32/kernel/conftest.sh	2011-05-17 08:32:19.000000000 +0200
++++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32.patch/kernel/conftest.sh	2011-07-09 18:21:30.602664961 +0200
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
+ }
+ 
+ build_cflags() {
+-    BASE_CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__ \
++    BASE_CFLAGS="-O2 -D__KERNEL__ \
+ -DKBUILD_BASENAME=\"#conftest$$\" -DKBUILD_MODNAME=\"#conftest$$\" \
+ -nostdinc -isystem $ISYSTEM"
+ 
+diff -Naur NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32.patch/kernel/nv-linux.h
+--- NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h	2011-05-17 08:32:19.000000000 +0200
++++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-no-compat32.patch/kernel/nv-linux.h	2011-07-09 18:22:16.317252983 +0200
+@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
+ #  error This driver does not support 2.5 kernels!
+ #elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 7, 0)
+ #  define KERNEL_2_6
++#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 1, 0)
++#  define KERNEL_2_6
+ #else
+ #  error This driver does not support development kernels!
+ #endif