diff --git a/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/vsock-3.12.patch b/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/vsock-3.12.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..621ef5783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/vsock-3.12.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -Nurp work.orig/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c work/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c
+--- work.orig/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c	2013-11-14 17:01:51.345452830 +0000
++++ work/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c	2013-11-14 17:00:49.187701789 +0000
+@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@ __VSockVmciCreate(struct net *net,
+       vsk->connectTimeout = psk->connectTimeout;
+    } else {
+       vsk->trusted = capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN);
+-      vsk->owner = current_uid();
++      vsk->owner = __kuid_val(current_uid());
+       vsk->queuePairSize = VSOCK_DEFAULT_QP_SIZE;
+       vsk->queuePairMinSize = VSOCK_DEFAULT_QP_SIZE_MIN;
+       vsk->queuePairMaxSize = VSOCK_DEFAULT_QP_SIZE_MAX;
+
diff --git a/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-279.1.ebuild b/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-279.1.ebuild
index ccf11106d..3e1cdc816 100644
--- a/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-279.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/vmware-modules/vmware-modules-279.1.ebuild
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	kernel_is ge 3 12 0 && epatch "${FILESDIR}/vmblock-3.12.patch"
 	# This is just wrong
 	kernel_is ge 3 12 0 && epatch "${FILESDIR}/vmci-3.12.patch"
+	kernel_is ge 3 12 0 && epatch "${FILESDIR}/vsock-3.12.patch"
 
 	# Allow user patches so they can support RC kernels and whatever else
 	epatch_user