diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0006-pinephone-led-perms.patch b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0006-pinephone-led-perms.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f63452df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/0006-pinephone-led-perms.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/scripts/deviceprofiles/sxmo_deviceprofile_pine64,pinephone-1.2.sh b/scripts/deviceprofiles/sxmo_deviceprofile_pine64,pinephone-1.2.sh
+index 849c3fa..4c2a466 100755
+--- a/scripts/deviceprofiles/sxmo_deviceprofile_pine64,pinephone-1.2.sh
++++ b/scripts/deviceprofiles/sxmo_deviceprofile_pine64,pinephone-1.2.sh
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ 
+ export SXMO_WIFI_MODULE=8723cs
+ export SXMO_RTW_SCAN_INTERVAL=1
+-export SXMO_SYS_FILES="/sys/module/$SXMO_WIFI_MODULE/parameters/rtw_scan_interval_thr /sys/power/state /sys/devices/platform/soc/1f00000.rtc/power/wakeup /sys/power/mem_sleep /dev/rtc0 /sys/devices/platform/soc/1f03400.rsb/sunxi-rsb-3a3/axp221-pek/power/wakeup"
++export SXMO_SYS_FILES="/sys/module/$SXMO_WIFI_MODULE/parameters/rtw_scan_interval_thr /sys/power/state /sys/devices/platform/soc/1f00000.rtc/power/wakeup /sys/power/mem_sleep /dev/rtc0 /sys/devices/platform/soc/1f03400.rsb/sunxi-rsb-3a3/axp221-pek/power/wakeup /sys/class/leds/white:flash/brightness /sys/class/leds/blue:indicator/brightness /sys/class/leds/green:indicator/brightness /sys/class/leds/red:indicator/brightness"
+ export SXMO_TOUCHSCREEN_ID=8
+ export SXMO_MONITOR="DSI-1"
+ export SXMO_ALSA_CONTROL_NAME=PinePhone
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
index f50c8578..0921e86a 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./0004-no-busybox.patch
     # wanted to fix/silence some non-fatal errors
     ./0005-system-audio.patch
+    ./0006-pinephone-led-perms.patch
 
     # personal (but upstreamable) preferences:
     (fetchpatch {