diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/sddm-ignore-config-mtime.patch b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/0001-ignore-config-mtime.patch
similarity index 60%
rename from pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/sddm-ignore-config-mtime.patch
rename to pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/0001-ignore-config-mtime.patch
index 9edd9a7b5382..836df2de292d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/sddm-ignore-config-mtime.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/0001-ignore-config-mtime.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+From e9d82bfbc49993a5be2c93f6b72a969630587f26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 06:56:28 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ignore config mtime
+
+---
+ src/common/ConfigReader.cpp | 5 -----
+ 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
+
 diff --git a/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp b/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp
-index 6618455..5356e76 100644
+index cfc9940..5bf5a6a 100644
 --- a/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp
 +++ b/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp
-@@ -136,11 +136,6 @@ namespace SDDM {
+@@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ namespace SDDM {
          QString currentSection = QStringLiteral(IMPLICIT_SECTION);
  
          QFile in(m_path);
@@ -14,3 +23,6 @@ index 6618455..5356e76 100644
  
          in.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
          while (!in.atEnd()) {
+-- 
+2.6.3
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/0002-fix-ConfigReader-QStringList-corruption.patch b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/0002-fix-ConfigReader-QStringList-corruption.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad5dcbc472db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/0002-fix-ConfigReader-QStringList-corruption.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 7a18f4cb77c567dec9ad924fcc76c50092de6ee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 06:57:51 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix ConfigReader QStringList corruption
+
+---
+ src/common/ConfigReader.cpp | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp b/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp
+index 5bf5a6a..34182e6 100644
+--- a/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp
++++ b/src/common/ConfigReader.cpp
+@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
+ 
+ QTextStream &operator>>(QTextStream &str, QStringList &list)  {
+     list.clear();
+-    foreach(const QStringRef &s, str.readLine().splitRef(QLatin1Char(',')))
++    QString line = str.readLine();
++    foreach(const QStringRef &s, line.splitRef(QLatin1Char(',')))
+     {
+         QStringRef trimmed = s.trimmed();
+         if (!trimmed.isEmpty())
+-- 
+2.6.3
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/default.nix
index 5851f1af6390..dc891605d1b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/sddm/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0c3q8lpb123m9k5x3i71mm8lmyzhknw77zxh89yfl8qmn6zd61i1";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./sddm-ignore-config-mtime.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-ignore-config-mtime.patch
+    ./0002-fix-ConfigReader-QStringList-corruption.patch
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake makeQtWrapper pkgconfig qttools ];