diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index b6f5f8d6a97c1..f27eb8771a51b 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> (22 Aug 2015)
+# nouveau has been in the kernel since 2.6.33
+# Masked for removal in 30 days.
+x11-base/nouveau-drm
+
 # Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> (21 Aug 2015)
 # This version breaks tests in app-admin/rsyslog and 
 # also breaks rule settings.