diff --git a/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/06_move_serverauthfile_into_tmp.diff b/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/06_move_serverauthfile_into_tmp.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4770eaf4524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/06_move_serverauthfile_into_tmp.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Move startx auth files in /tmp so they are removed on reboot.
+http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=357736
+The trap patch didn't seem to work on reboot.
+---
+ startx.cpp |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: startx.cpp.orig
+===================================================================
+--- startx.cpp.orig
++++ startx.cpp
+@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
+     dummy=0
+ 
+     XCOMM create a file with auth information for the server. ':0' is a dummy.
+-    xserverauthfile=$HOME/.serverauth.$$
++    xserverauthfile=`mktemp -p /tmp serverauth.XXXXXXXXXX`
+     trap "rm -f '$xserverauthfile'" HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP KILL BUS TERM
+     xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF
+ add :$dummy . $mcookie
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xinit/template b/srcpkgs/xinit/template
index 9147e652dec..2c80a458eb5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xinit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xinit/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xinit'
 pkgname=xinit
 version=1.4.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/xinit"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"