diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-kernel-4.8.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-kernel-4.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1014c54da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-kernel-4.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+diff -Naur a/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c b/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c
+--- a/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c	2016-07-12 00:53:45.000000000 -0400
++++ b/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c	2016-08-03 20:19:16.536783934 -0400
+@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
+ #include "nvidia-drm-ioctl.h"
+ 
+ #include <drm/drmP.h>
++#include <drm/drm_auth.h>
+ 
+ #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
+ 
+@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@
+ 
+ static
+ void nvidia_drm_master_drop(struct drm_device *dev,
+-                            struct drm_file *file_priv, bool from_release)
++                            struct drm_file *file_priv)
+ {
+     struct nvidia_drm_device *nv_dev = dev->dev_private;
+     int ret;
+@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@
+     mutex_lock(&dev->master_mutex);
+ 
+     if (!file_priv->is_master ||
+-        !file_priv->minor->master)
++        !file_priv->minor->dev->master)
+     {
+         goto done;
+     }
+@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@
+      * NVKMS modeset ownership, because nvidia_drm_master_set()'s call to
+      * grabOwnership() will fail.
+      */
+-    drm_master_put(&file_priv->minor->master);
++    drm_master_put(&file_priv->minor->dev->master);
+     file_priv->is_master = 0;
+ 
+     ret = 0;
+diff -Naur a/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-modeset.c b/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-modeset.c
+--- a/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-modeset.c	2016-07-12 00:53:45.000000000 -0400
++++ b/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-modeset.c	2016-08-03 20:14:18.058238340 -0400
+@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
+         goto failed;
+     }
+ 
+-    drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(dev, state);
++    drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(state, async);
+ 
+     nvidia_drm_update_head_mode_config(state, requested_config);