diff --git a/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/Config.in b/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/Config.in
index 616849c221..6511ca6736 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/Config.in
+++ b/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/Config.in
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XPROTO_XEXTPROTO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XPROTO_XPROTO
 	help
-	  xf86-video-r128 6.8.0
+	  xf86-video-r128 6.8.1
 	  R128 video driver
diff --git a/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/xdriver_xf86-video-r128-cross-compile.patch b/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/xdriver_xf86-video-r128-cross-compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d27617606e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/xdriver_xf86-video-r128-cross-compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- a/configure.ac	2008-06-23 10:39:28.000000000 -0400
++++ b/configure.ac	2008-06-23 10:40:46.000000000 -0400
+@@ -85,14 +85,20 @@ sdkdir=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir xo
+ AC_HEADER_STDC
+ 
+ if test "$DRI" != no; then
+-	AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/dri.h],
++ 	if test "$cross_compiling" = "no" ; then
++		AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/dri.h],
+                       [have_dri_h="yes"], [have_dri_h="no"])
+-	AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/sarea.h],
++		AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/sarea.h],
+                       [have_sarea_h="yes"], [have_sarea_h="no"])
+-	AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/dristruct.h],
++		AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/dristruct.h],
+                       [have_dristruct_h="yes"], [have_dristruct_h="no"])
+-	AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/damage.h],
++		AC_CHECK_FILE([${sdkdir}/damage.h],
+                       [have_damage_h="yes"], [have_damage_h="no"])
++ 	else
++ 		have_dri_h="yes"
++ 		have_sarea_h="yes"
++ 		have_dristruct_h="yes"
++ 	fi
+ fi
+ 
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to include DRI support])
diff --git a/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/xdriver_xf86-video-r128.mk b/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/xdriver_xf86-video-r128.mk
index 0804fea912..e826a8a518 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/xdriver_xf86-video-r128.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xdriver_xf86-video-r128/xdriver_xf86-video-r128.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_VERSION = 6.8.0
+XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_VERSION = 6.8.1
 XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_SOURCE = xf86-video-r128-$(XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_SITE = http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver
-XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_AUTORECONF = NO
+XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_AUTORECONF = YES
 XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_DEPENDENCIES = xserver_xorg-server xproto_fontsproto xproto_randrproto xproto_renderproto xproto_xextproto xproto_xproto
 XDRIVER_XF86_VIDEO_R128_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install