diff --git a/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.13.1.ebuild b/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.13.1.ebuild
index dce92fc6e36af..23e1117a52c60 100644
--- a/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.13.1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.13.1.ebuild
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	# configureMPIEXEC and  configureMPITypes access /dev/nvidiactl
 	addpredict /dev/nvidiactl
 
+	# bug 810841
+	addpredict /dev/kfd
+
 	local mylang
 	local myopt
 
diff --git a/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.14.6.ebuild b/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.14.6.ebuild
index f9221853d5d6c..5bd50a9d32fea 100644
--- a/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.14.6.ebuild
+++ b/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.14.6.ebuild
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	# configureMPIEXEC and  configureMPITypes access /dev/nvidiactl
 	addpredict /dev/nvidiactl
 
+	# bug 810841
+	addpredict /dev/kfd
+
 	local mylang
 	local myopt
 
diff --git a/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.15.0.ebuild b/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.15.0.ebuild
index b728a0178015e..8286baab98030 100644
--- a/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.15.0.ebuild
+++ b/sci-mathematics/petsc/petsc-3.15.0.ebuild
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	# configureMPIEXEC and  configureMPITypes access /dev/nvidiactl
 	addpredict /dev/nvidiactl
 
+	# bug 810841
+	addpredict /dev/kfd
+
 	local mylang
 	local myopt