diff --git a/vesa-2.2.0-panelid.patch b/vesa-2.2.0-panelid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0f09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vesa-2.2.0-panelid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -up xf86-video-vesa-2.2.0/src/vesa.c.jx xf86-video-vesa-2.2.0/src/vesa.c
+--- xf86-video-vesa-2.2.0/src/vesa.c.jx	2009-02-05 16:15:07.000000000 -0500
++++ xf86-video-vesa-2.2.0/src/vesa.c	2009-02-20 17:39:49.000000000 -0500
+@@ -671,6 +671,11 @@ VESAPreInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int flags
+ 
+     if ((pScrn->monitor->DDC = pVesa->monitor) != NULL)
+ 	xf86SetDDCproperties(pScrn, pVesa->monitor);
++    else {
++        void *panelid = VBEReadPanelID(pVesa->pVbe);
++        VBEInterpretPanelID(pScrn->scrnIndex, panelid);
++        xfree(panelid);
++    }
+ 
+     xf86DrvMsgVerb(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, DEBUG_VERB,
+ 			"Searching for matching VESA mode(s):\n");
diff --git a/xorg-x11-drv-vesa.spec b/xorg-x11-drv-vesa.spec
index 3f80687..b866daa 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-drv-vesa.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-drv-vesa.spec
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 Summary:   Xorg X11 vesa video driver
 Name:      xorg-x11-drv-vesa
 Version:   2.2.0
-Release:   1%{?dist}
+Release:   2%{?dist}
 URL:       http://www.x.org
 Source0:   http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/%{tarball}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 License: MIT
 Group:     User Interface/X Hardware Support
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
+Patch0: vesa-2.2.0-panelid.patch
+
 ExcludeArch: s390 s390x
 
 BuildRequires: xorg-x11-server-sdk >= 1.4.99.1-0.15
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ X.Org X11 vesa video driver.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{tarball}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1 -b .panelid
 
 %build
 #autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man4/vesa.4*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 20 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 2.2.0-2
+- Check VBE PanelID if DDC fails.
+
 * Tue Feb 17 2009 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 2.2.0-1
 - vesa 2.2.0