diff --git a/etc/portage/patches/sys-apps/portage/no-ro-check.patch b/etc/portage/patches/sys-apps/portage/no-ro-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe51d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/portage/patches/sys-apps/portage/no-ro-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/pym/portage/util/writeable_check.py	2014-12-02 12:57:08.000000000 -0600
++++ b/pym/portage/util/writeable_check.py	2014-12-21 19:30:24.933655034 -0600
+@@ -82,5 +82,4 @@
+ # _CHECKERS is a map from ostype output to the appropriate function to return
+ # in get_ro_checker.
+ _CHECKERS = {
+-	"Linux": linux_ro_checker,
+ }
diff --git a/etc/portage/patches/x11-misc/xautolock/xautolock-max-lock-mins.patch b/etc/portage/patches/x11-misc/xautolock/xautolock-max-lock-mins.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59bd8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/portage/patches/x11-misc/xautolock/xautolock-max-lock-mins.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/include/config.h	2007-09-30 16:27:49.000000000 -0500
++++ b/include/config.h	2016-11-07 09:53:44.378017135 -0600
+@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
+ #define MIN_LOCK_MINS     1           /* minimum number of minutes
+                                          before firing up the locker       */
+ #define LOCK_MINS         10          /* default ...                       */
+-#define MAX_LOCK_MINS     60          /* maximum ...                       */
++#define MAX_LOCK_MINS     1440        /* maximum ...                       */
+ 
+ #define MIN_KILL_MINS     10          /* minimum number of minutes
+                                          before firing up the killer       */