diff --git a/init/devices.c b/init/devices.c
index 597f9583e..e43dbaf86 100644
--- a/init/devices.c
+++ b/init/devices.c
@@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ static void handle_generic_device_event(struct uevent *uevent)
      } else if (!strncmp(uevent->subsystem, "graphics", 8)) {
          base = "/dev/graphics/";
          make_dir(base, 0755);
+     } else if (!strncmp(uevent->subsystem, "drm", 3)) {
+         base = "/dev/dri/";
+         make_dir(base, 0755);
      } else if (!strncmp(uevent->subsystem, "oncrpc", 6)) {
          base = "/dev/oncrpc/";
          make_dir(base, 0755);
diff --git a/rootdir/ueventd.rc b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
index 07624c4ad..c1fca00b3 100644
--- a/rootdir/ueventd.rc
+++ b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 # gpu driver for adreno200 is globally accessible
 /dev/kgsl                 0666   root       root
 
+# kms driver for drm based gpu
+/dev/dri/*                0666   root       graphics
+
 # these should not be world writable
 /dev/diag                 0660   radio      radio
 /dev/diag_arm9            0660   radio      radio