diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/aufs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/aufs/default.nix
index e8361a7265d..b49f2e43fbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/aufs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/aufs/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, kernel}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "aufs-20080508-${kernel.version}";
+  name = "aufs-20090414-${kernel.version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/aufs-20080508.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1b7y6klk2fc6hf8w2la4k3yvxdvjibsnhv7d6mb12a7h13msjci6";
+    url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/aufs-20090414.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1jhf3kccx0m84frlgx2d0ysn1c4272dgci59dsk7vsfrf7yik526";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = http://www.mail-archive.com/aufs-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01091/04_sec_perm.dpatch;
-      sha256 = "0b51dpks4d5qgysrakv2c1v076d9hc8ln2cbh012zi75b45gn4ir";
-    })
-  ];
-
   buildPhase = ''
     kernelVersion=$(cd ${kernel}/lib/modules && ls)
     kernelBuild=$(echo ${kernel}/lib/modules/$kernelVersion/source)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index 47d6aacf3d1..3fae71484ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -358,17 +358,19 @@ in {
   };
 
   kernelPackages_2_6_25 = {
+    aufs = linux;
     kernel = linux;
     virtualbox = linux;
   };
 
   kernelPackages_2_6_26 = {
+    aufs = linux;
     kernel = linux;
     virtualbox = linux;
   };
   
   kernelPackages_2_6_27 = {
-    # aufs = linux; # kernel seems to be too old for that package 
+    aufs = linux;
     kernel = linux;
     virtualbox = linux;
   };