diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf b/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
index 58c9b0da65..b94deb20e5 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/atom-pc.conf
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ GLIBC_ADDONS = "nptl"
 GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-tls"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF_append_pn-matchbox-panel-2 = " --with-battery=acpi"
+
+ROOTLESS_X = "1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel_2.14.0.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel_2.14.0.bb
index 017a2e0a28..099cf9dff2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel_2.14.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-driver/xf86-video-intel_2.14.0.bb
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ Infrastructure (DRI)."
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8730ad58d11c7bbad9a7066d69f7808e"
 
+PR = "r1"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-xvmc"
 
+# --enable-kms-only option is required by ROOTLESS_X
+EXTRA_OECONF += '${@base_conditional( "ROOTLESS_X", "1", " --enable-kms-only", "", d )}'
+
 DEPENDS += "virtual/libx11 libxvmc drm xf86driproto glproto \
 	    virtual/libgl xineramaproto xf86driproto libpciaccess"