diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/make-use-of-the-new-uapi-framework.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/make-use-of-the-new-uapi-framework.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..852021d657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/make-use-of-the-new-uapi-framework.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 1e3d34ce7d8c4912c08386589843fcc4ba4d38bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@canonical.com>
+Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:03:46 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Make use of the new uapi framework
+
+---
+ conftest.sh |    7 ++++---
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/kernel/conftest.sh b/kernel/conftest.sh
+index 388e268..8eff4d7 100755
+--- a/kernel/conftest.sh
++++ b/kernel/conftest.sh
+@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ARCH=$3
+ ISYSTEM=`$CC -print-file-name=include 2> /dev/null`
+ SOURCES=$4
+ HEADERS=$SOURCES/include
++HEADERSA=$SOURCES/include/uapi
+ OUTPUT=$5
+ XEN_PRESENT=1
+ 
+@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ build_cflags() {
+         fi
+     fi
+ 
+-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $OUTPUT_CFLAGS -I$HEADERS $AUTOCONF_CFLAGS"
++    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $OUTPUT_CFLAGS -I$HEADERS -I$HEADERSA $AUTOCONF_CFLAGS"
+ 
+     test_xen
+ 
+@@ -146,10 +147,10 @@ build_cflags() {
+         fi
+     fi
+ 
+-    CFLAGS="$BASE_CFLAGS $MACH_CFLAGS $OUTPUT_CFLAGS -I$HEADERS $AUTOCONF_CFLAGS"
++    CFLAGS="$BASE_CFLAGS $MACH_CFLAGS $OUTPUT_CFLAGS -I$HEADERS -I$HEADERSA $AUTOCONF_CFLAGS"
+ 
+     if [ "$ARCH" = "i386" -o "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SOURCES/arch/x86/include -I$OUTPUT/arch/x86/include/generated"
++        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SOURCES/arch/x86/include -I$SOURCES/arch/x86/include/uapi -I$OUTPUT/arch/x86/include/generated -I$OUTPUT/arch/x86/include/generated/uapi"
+     elif [ "$ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
+         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SOURCES/arch/arm/include -I$OUTPUT/arch/arm/include/generated"
+     fi
+-- 
+1.7.9.5
+
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/replace-VM_RESERVED-with-VM_DONTEXPAND-and-VM_DONTDU.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/replace-VM_RESERVED-with-VM_DONTEXPAND-and-VM_DONTDU.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84bd164e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia-legacy/patches.upstream/replace-VM_RESERVED-with-VM_DONTEXPAND-and-VM_DONTDU.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From fed1fa17202cf13bf80bbbad3bf0ffdfd192df42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@canonical.com>
+Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:11:02 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Replace VM_RESERVED with VM_DONTEXPAND and VM_DONTDUMP
+
+---
+ nv-mmap.c |    4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/kernel/nv-mmap.c b/kernel/nv-mmap.c
+index acc02ec..b2d5cdb 100644
+--- a/kernel/nv-mmap.c
++++ b/kernel/nv-mmap.c
+@@ -463,7 +463,11 @@ int nv_kern_mmap(
+         NV_PRINT_AT(NV_DBG_MEMINFO, at);
+         nv_vm_list_page_count(&at->page_table[i], pages);
+ 
++#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,7,0)
++        vma->vm_flags |= (VM_IO | VM_LOCKED | (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP));
++#else
+         vma->vm_flags |= (VM_IO | VM_LOCKED | VM_RESERVED);
++#endif
+ 
+ #if defined(VM_DRIVER_PAGES)
+         vma->vm_flags |= VM_DRIVER_PAGES;
+-- 
+1.7.9.5
+