diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/kernel-3.7-fix.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/kernel-3.7-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16cbfd1fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/kernel-3.7-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/kernel/conftest.sh b/kernel/conftest.sh
+index 8eff4d7..2bf3318 100755
+--- a/kernel/conftest.sh
++++ b/kernel/conftest.sh
+@@ -1716,11 +1716,8 @@ case "$6" in
+                 PATCHLEVEL=$(grep "^PATCHLEVEL =" $MAKEFILE | cut -d " " -f 3)
+                 SUBLEVEL=$(grep "^SUBLEVEL =" $MAKEFILE | cut -d " " -f 3)
+ 
+-                if [ -n "$PATCHLEVEL" -a $PATCHLEVEL -ge 6 \
+-                        -a -n "$SUBLEVEL" -a $SUBLEVEL -le 5 ]; then
+                     SELECTED_MAKEFILE=Makefile.kbuild
+                     RET=0
+-                fi
+             fi
+         fi
+