diff --git a/hw/xfree86/dri/sarea.h b/hw/xfree86/dri/sarea.h
index 1528cc1..6be12b9 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/dri/sarea.h
+++ b/hw/xfree86/dri/sarea.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 /* SAREA area needs to be at least a page */
 #if defined(__alpha__)
 #define SAREA_MAX 			0x2000
+#elif defined(__mips__)
+#define SAREA_MAX			0x4000
 #elif defined(__ia64__)
 #define SAREA_MAX			0x10000		/* 64kB */
 #else
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c b/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c
index 688106a..1552860 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_video.c
@@ -505,9 +505,10 @@ _X_EXPORT volatile unsigned char *ioBase = NULL;
 _X_EXPORT Bool
 xf86EnableIO(void)
 {
-#if defined(__powerpc__)
+#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__mips__)
 	int fd;
 	unsigned int ioBase_phys;
+	extern unsigned int IOPortBase;
 #endif
 
 	if (ExtendedEnabled)
@@ -532,7 +533,22 @@ xf86EnableIO(void)
 #endif
 	}
 	close(fd);
-#elif !defined(__mc68000__) && !defined(__sparc__) && !defined(__mips__) && !defined(__sh__) && !defined(__hppa__) && !defined(__s390__) && !defined(__arm__) && !defined(__m32r__)
+#elif defined(__mips__)
+	fd = open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR);
+	IOPortBase = (volatile unsigned char *)mmap(0, 0x20000,
+			PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd,
+			0x1fd00000);
+	if (IOPortBase == MAP_FAILED) {
+		xf86Msg(X_WARNING,
+				"xf86EnableIOPorts: Failed to map iobase (%s)\n",
+				strerror(errno));
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	close(fd);
+	xf86Msg(X_WARNING,
+	       "xf86EnableIOPorts: map iobase (%x)\n",
+	        IOPortBase);
+#elif !defined(__mc68000__) && !defined(__sparc__) && !defined(__sh__) && !defined(__hppa__) && !defined(__s390__) && !defined(__arm__) && !defined(__m32r__)
         if (ioperm(0, 1024, 1) || iopl(3)) {
                 if (errno == ENODEV)
                         ErrorF("xf86EnableIOPorts: no I/O ports found\n");