diff --git a/packages/x11/app/xinit/scripts/xserverrc b/packages/x11/app/xinit/scripts/xserverrc
index 9bc936f6cc..054b0262a9 100755
--- a/packages/x11/app/xinit/scripts/xserverrc
+++ b/packages/x11/app/xinit/scripts/xserverrc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # 'vt02' starts X on virtual terminal 2.
 # '-logverbose 6' enables useful troubleshooting output in /var/log/Xorg.0.0.log.
 
-args=""
+args="-s 0 -dpms -br -allowMouseOpenFail"
 
 if /usr/bin/test "${ELISA_DEBUG}" = "yes" ; then
     args="${args} -logverbose 6 -verbose 0"