diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvidia-stable/template b/srcpkgs/nvidia-stable/template
index f6d347e64c7..8ecf15e6de6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nvidia-stable/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nvidia-stable/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _desc="NVIDIA drivers for linux (long-lived series)"
 
 pkgname=nvidia-stable
 version=340.76
-revision=1
+revision=2
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Propietary NVIDIA license"
 homepage="http://www.nvidia.com"
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ do_extract() {
 	./${_pkg}.run --extract-only
 	rm -f ${_pkg}.run
 }
+do_configure() {
+	cd ${_pkg}
+	patch -sNp0 -i ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR}/nvidia/files/linux-3.18.patch
+}
 do_install() {
 	cd ${_pkg}
 
@@ -140,12 +144,16 @@ do_install() {
 
 	# dkms pkg
 	vmkdir usr/src/nvidia-${version}
+	# add nvidia-uvm dkms submodule too.
+	cat kernel/uvm/dkms.conf.fragment >> kernel/dkms.conf
 	vcopy "kernel/*" usr/src/nvidia-${version}
 
 	# systemd modules-load.d(5) file.
 	vmkdir usr/lib/modules-load.d
 	echo "nvidia" > ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/modules-load.d/nvidia.conf
+	echo "nvidia-uvm" > ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/modules-load.d/nvidia-uvm.conf
 	chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/modules-load.d/nvidia.conf
+	chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/modules-load.d/nvidia-uvm.conf
 
 	# Blacklist nouveau.
 	vmkdir usr/lib/modprobe.d