diff --git a/dpdk.spec b/dpdk.spec
index 2ee5bdd..af2dede 100644
--- a/dpdk.spec
+++ b/dpdk.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Source100: dpdk-snapshot.sh
 
 # Some tweaking and tuning needed due to Fedora %%optflags
 Patch2: dpdk-2.2-warningflags.patch
+# Before checking if the virtio device is whitelisted, check if devargs
+# is specified.
+Patch4: dpdk-16.04-virtio-devargs.patch
 
 Summary: Set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing
 
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ as L2 and L3 forwarding.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{srcver}
 %patch2 -p1 -z .warningflags
+%patch4 -p1 -z .virtiofix
 
 %build
 function setconf()