diff --git a/Mesa.changes b/Mesa.changes
index f7b7432..e201a53 100644
--- a/Mesa.changes
+++ b/Mesa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 17 18:35:37 CET 2008 - sndirsch@suse.de
+
+- added global /etc/drirc to disable VBlank for i915 DRI driver
+  (bnc #432980)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 13 15:29:43 CET 2008 - sndirsch@suse.de
 
diff --git a/Mesa.spec b/Mesa.spec
index d31bbae..b375787 100644
--- a/Mesa.spec
+++ b/Mesa.spec
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ Obsoletes:      Mesa-32bit
 %endif
 #
 Version:        7.2
-Release:        7
+Release:        8
 Summary:        Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that of OpenGL
 Source:         MesaLib-%{version}_intel-2008-q3_793c3b9.tar.bz2
 Source1:        MesaDemos-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source3:        README.updates
 Source4:        manual-pages.tar.bz2
+Source5:        drirc
 Patch:          MesaLib-7.2_intel-2008-q3_793c3b9-46921a5.diff
 Patch1:         dri_driver_dir.diff
 Patch6:         link-shared.diff
@@ -189,6 +190,9 @@ done
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/%{_lib}/dri/updates
 install -m 644 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/README.updates \
   $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/%{_lib}/dri/updates
+# global drirc file
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc
+install -m 644 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/drirc $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc docs/README* docs/COPYING
+%config /etc/drirc
 /usr/include/GL/gl.h
 /usr/include/GL/glext.h
 /usr/include/GL/glx.h
@@ -246,6 +251,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/%{_lib}/libOSMesa.a
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 17 2008 sndirsch@suse.de
+- added global /etc/drirc to disable VBlank for i915 DRI driver
+  (bnc #432980)
 * Thu Nov 13 2008 sndirsch@suse.de
 - disabled i965-GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE-4096.diff; apparently it
   doesn't work for compiz/Desktop effects and is not required at
diff --git a/drirc b/drirc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3d5810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drirc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<driconf>
+    <device screen="0" driver="i915">
+        <application name="Default">
+            <option name="vblank_mode" value="0" />
+        </application>
+    </device>
+</driconf>