diff --git a/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/patches/168_glibc_trace_to_stderr.diff b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/patches/168_glibc_trace_to_stderr.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0132229dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/xserver/xorg-server/patches/168_glibc_trace_to_stderr.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Index: xorg-server-1.6.0/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
+===================================================================
+--- xorg-server-1.6.0.orig/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c	2009-03-19 23:19:45.000000000 -0700
++++ xorg-server-1.6.0/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c	2009-03-19 23:23:22.000000000 -0700
+@@ -1345,8 +1345,12 @@
+   signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);	/* Need to wait for child processes */
+ #endif
+ 
+-  if (!beenHere)
++  if (!beenHere) {
++    /* have glibc report internal abort traces to stderr instead of
++       the controlling terminal */
++    setenv("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_","1",0);
+     xf86LogInit();
++  }
+ 
+         /* Set stderr to non-blocking. */
+ #ifndef O_NONBLOCK