diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index b500ee7d72d1..47154600aa0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,17 @@ in
       features.fbConDecor = true;
     };
 
+  fbcondecor_2_6_38 =
+    rec {
+      name = "fbcondecor-0.9.6-2.6.38";
+      patch = fetchurl {
+        url = "http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/fbcondecor/archive/${name}.patch";
+        sha256 = "1l8xqf5z227m5ay6azqba1qw10y26a4cwfhzzapzmmwq1bpr8mlw";
+      };
+      extraConfig = fbcondecorConfig;
+      features.fbConDecor = true;
+    };
+
   # From http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/19495/
   ext4_softlockups_2_6_28 =
     { name = "ext4-softlockups-fix";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 78eba861e865..5e110a177539 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5166,7 +5166,7 @@ let
   linux_2_6_38 = makeOverridable (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.38.nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl mktemp module_init_tools ubootChooser;
     kernelPatches =
-      [ #kernelPatches.fbcondecor_2_6_35
+      [ kernelPatches.fbcondecor_2_6_38
         kernelPatches.sec_perm_2_6_24
         kernelPatches.aufs2_1_2_6_38
         #kernelPatches.mips_restart_2_6_36