diff --git a/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.c b/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.c
index 5af7a54f3e..2f540cff0a 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.c
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ LoaderUnload(const char *name, void *handle)
 
 unsigned long LoaderOptions = 0;
 
+Bool is_nvidia_proprietary = FALSE;
+
 void
 LoaderSetOptions(unsigned long opts)
 {
@@ -157,7 +159,8 @@ LoaderSetOptions(unsigned long opts)
 Bool
 LoaderShouldIgnoreABI(void)
 {
-    return (LoaderOptions & LDR_OPT_ABI_MISMATCH_NONFATAL) != 0;
+    /* The nvidia proprietary DDX driver calls this deprecated function */
+    return is_nvidia_proprietary || (LoaderOptions & LDR_OPT_ABI_MISMATCH_NONFATAL);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.h b/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.h
index 4e83730a27..3ee9c075b2 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.h
+++ b/hw/xfree86/loader/loader.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ extern const ModuleVersions LoaderVersionInfo;
 
 extern unsigned long LoaderOptions;
 
+extern Bool is_nvidia_proprietary;
+
 /* Internal Functions */
 void *LoaderOpen(const char *, int *);
 
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c b/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c
index 2cdf91fd23..6a96d69af6 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ LoadModule(const char *module, void *options, const XF86ModReqInfo *modreq,
 
     LogMessageVerb(X_INFO, 3, "LoadModule: \"%s\"", module);
 
+    /* Ignore abi check for the nvidia proprietary DDX driver */
+    is_nvidia_proprietary = !memcmp(module, "nvidia", sizeof("nvidia"));
+
     patterns = InitPatterns(NULL);
     name = LoaderGetCanonicalName(module, patterns);
     noncanonical = (name && strcmp(module, name) != 0);