diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvidia304/files/linux-3.7.patch b/srcpkgs/nvidia304/files/linux-3.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c5b9ee9423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nvidia304/files/linux-3.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+the nvidia drivers are trying to test for version 2.6.6, but fail to take into
+account the first digit.  so 3.7.0+ ends up failing the test.
+
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/447566
+
+--- kernel/conftest.sh	2013-02-04 15:10:20.669633666 -0500
++++ kernel/conftest.sh	2013-02-04 15:10:34.283334673 -0500
+@@ -1697,13 +1697,15 @@
+                 # kernel older than 2.6.6, that's all we require to
+                 # build the module.
+                 #
++                VERSION=$(grep "^VERSION =" $MAKEFILE | cut -d " " -f 3)
+                 PATCHLEVEL=$(grep "^PATCHLEVEL =" $MAKEFILE | cut -d " " -f 3)
+                 SUBLEVEL=$(grep "^SUBLEVEL =" $MAKEFILE | cut -d " " -f 3)
+
+-                if [ -n "$PATCHLEVEL" -a $PATCHLEVEL -ge 6 \
++                if [ -n "$VERSION" -a $VERSION -ge 3 ] || \
++                   [ -n "$PATCHLEVEL" -a $PATCHLEVEL -ge 6 \
+                         -a -n "$SUBLEVEL" -a $SUBLEVEL -le 5 ]; then
+                     SELECTED_MAKEFILE=Makefile.kbuild
+                     RET=0
+                 fi
+             fi
+         fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvidia304/files/uapi-3.7.patch b/srcpkgs/nvidia304/files/uapi-3.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75224121063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nvidia304/files/uapi-3.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--- kernel/conftest.sh.dist	2012-10-11 19:18:22.704848496 -0400
++++ kernel/conftest.sh	2012-10-12 20:35:55.707213868 -0400
+@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
+ ISYSTEM=`$CC -print-file-name=include 2> /dev/null`
+ SOURCES=$4
+ HEADERS=$SOURCES/include
++HEADERSA=$SOURCES/include/uapi
+ OUTPUT=$5
+ XEN_PRESENT=1
+
+@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
+         fi
+     fi
+
+-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $OUTPUT_CFLAGS -I$HEADERS $AUTOCONF_CFLAGS"
++    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $OUTPUT_CFLAGS -I$HEADERS -I$HEADERSA $AUTOCONF_CFLAGS"
+
+     test_xen
+
+@@ -146,10 +147,10 @@
+         fi
+     fi
+
+-    CFLAGS="$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
+--- kernel/nv-mmap.c.dist 2012-08-08 22:52:53.000000000 -0400
++++ kernel/nv-mmap.c 2012-08-14 23:52:41.257235863 -0400
+@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
+         NV_PRINT_AT(NV_DBG_MEMINFO, at);
+         nv_vm_list_page_count(&at->page_table[i], pages);
+
+-        vma->vm_flags |= (VM_IO | VM_LOCKED | VM_RESERVED);
++	 vma->vm_flags |= (VM_IO | VM_LOCKED | (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP));
+
+ #if defined(VM_DRIVER_PAGES)