diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/35_intel-drm-disable-gem.diff b/packages/linux/patches/35_intel-drm-disable-gem.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c85490d3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux/patches/35_intel-drm-disable-gem.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -Naur linux-2.6.29.1.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c linux-2.6.29.1/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+--- linux-2.6.29.1.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c	2009-04-05 19:44:07.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.6.29.1/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c	2009-04-05 19:45:42.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1113,8 +1113,8 @@
+ 	/* don't enable GEM on PAE - needs agp + set_memory_* interface fixes */
+ 	dev_priv->has_gem = 0;
+ #else
+-	/* enable GEM by default */
+-	dev_priv->has_gem = 1;
++	/* disable GEM by default */
++	dev_priv->has_gem = 0;
+ #endif
+ 
+ 	dev->driver->get_vblank_counter = i915_get_vblank_counter;