diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvidia/files/nvidia-swiotlb-linux_4_16.patch b/srcpkgs/nvidia/files/nvidia-swiotlb-linux_4_16.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9f32b1490f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nvidia/files/nvidia-swiotlb-linux_4_16.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+disable check for swiotlb for kernels newer as 4.16 because it uses a symbol
+that isn't exported anymore
+
+--- kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h.orig	2018-04-23 14:33:53.184275029 +0200
++++ kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h	2018-04-23 15:26:38.892322165 +0200
+@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@
+ static inline NvBool nv_dma_maps_swiotlb(struct pci_dev *dev)
+ {
+     NvBool swiotlb_in_use = NV_FALSE;
+-#if defined(CONFIG_SWIOTLB)
++#if defined(CONFIG_SWIOTLB) && LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 16, 0)
+   #if defined(NV_DMA_OPS_PRESENT) || defined(NV_GET_DMA_OPS_PRESENT)
+     /*
+      * We only use the 'dma_ops' symbol on older x86_64 kernels; later kernels,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvidia/template b/srcpkgs/nvidia/template
index cea7826ecab..79f9f3494d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nvidia/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nvidia/template
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ do_extract() {
 			nvidia-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
 		patch -p0 < nvidia-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
 	fi
+	cd ${_pkg}
+	cp ${FILESDIR}/nvidia-swiotlb-linux_4_16.patch \
+		nvidia-swiotlb-linux_4_16.patch
+	patch -p0 < nvidia-swiotlb-linux_4_16.patch
 }
 
 pre_install() {