diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/env/neon.conf b/conf/armv7l/portage/env/neon.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7463a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/env/neon.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Enable NEON when it's possible without breaking qemu-user chroot
+CFLAGS="-O2 -ftree-vectorize -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=hard ${GRAPHITE}"
+CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
index 853f539..69b8c50 100644
--- a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.env
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ dev-libs/pth dev-libs-pth.conf
 
 # xbmc must be fast and must compile
 media-tv/xbmc xbmc.conf
+
+# NEON enabled for these
+x11-drivers/xf86-video-omapfb neon.conf