diff --git a/multimedia/mythtv/files/patch-libs-libmythtv-cardutil.cpp b/multimedia/mythtv/files/patch-libs-libmythtv-cardutil.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a94e37afbf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/mythtv/files/patch-libs-libmythtv-cardutil.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libs/libmythtv/cardutil.cpp~	Tue Jul 18 22:05:04 2006
++++ libs/libmythtv/cardutil.cpp	Fri Feb 23 11:40:25 2007
+@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
+ {
+     bool ok;
+     QStringList ret;
+-    int videofd = open(device.ascii(), O_RDWR);
++    int videofd = open(device.ascii(), O_RDONLY);
+     if (videofd < 0)
+     {
+         ret += QObject::tr("Could not open '%1' "