diff --git a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/build b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/build
index 3054c8be..ca9aeb8c 100755
--- a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/build
+++ b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+patch -p1 < rootless-nouveau.patch
+
 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,lazy"
 
 ./configure \
diff --git a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/checksums b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/checksums
index ff53e974..c1f740ef 100644
--- a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/checksums
+++ b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/checksums
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 304060806415579cdb5c1f71f1c54d11cacb431b5552b170decbc883ed43bf06  xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.16.tar.bz2
+e9197c97db81da40b9f1abc76ae349b4fe42a7563fbe9ac80821a68327e28c01  rootless-nouveau.patch
diff --git a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/depends b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/depends
index 4000b008..6a1140bd 100644
--- a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/depends
+++ b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/depends
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-eudev
 libdrm
 xorgproto
diff --git a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/patches/rootless-nouveau.patch b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/patches/rootless-nouveau.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11feacc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/patches/rootless-nouveau.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/src/nv_driver.c b/src/nv_driver.c
+index 185bba7..7927128 100644
+--- a/src/nv_driver.c
++++ b/src/nv_driver.c
+@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ NVEnterVT(VT_FUNC_ARGS_DECL)
+ 	      (pNVEnt->platform_dev->flags & XF86_PDEV_SERVER_FD)))
+ #endif
+ 	{
++		ret = drmIsMaster(pNv->dev->fd);
++		if (ret)
++			return TRUE;
++        
+ 		ret = drmSetMaster(pNv->dev->fd);
+ 		if (ret)
+ 			ErrorF("Unable to get master: %s\n", strerror(errno));
diff --git a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/sources b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/sources
index f4610fd8..7447e12d 100644
--- a/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/sources
+++ b/xorg/xf86-video-nouveau/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 https://x.org/releases/individual/driver/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.16.tar.bz2
+patches/rootless-nouveau.patch