diff --git a/srcpkgs/chromium/files/chromium.sh b/srcpkgs/chromium/files/chromium.sh
index 92c19fc4057..8d9dd7162da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chromium/files/chromium.sh
+++ b/srcpkgs/chromium/files/chromium.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 export CHROME_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/chromium/chromium
 export CHROME_DESKTOP=chromium.desktop
+CHROME_FLAGS="--enable-gpu-rasterization"
 exec /usr/lib/chromium/chromium $CHROME_FLAGS "$@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chromium/files/i686-patches/chromium-i686-vaapi-fpermissive.patch b/srcpkgs/chromium/files/i686-patches/chromium-i686-vaapi-fpermissive.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a099f5fac5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/chromium/files/i686-patches/chromium-i686-vaapi-fpermissive.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- media/gpu/vaapi/BUILD.gn.i686permissive	2018-11-29 09:27:02.405909871 -0500
++++ media/gpu/vaapi/BUILD.gn	2018-11-29 09:29:50.648259696 -0500
+@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import("//ui/ozone/ozone.gni")
+ 
+ assert(use_vaapi)
+ 
++config("vaapi_permissive") {
++  cflags = [ "-fpermissive" ]
++}
++
++
+ action("libva_generate_stubs") {
+   extra_header = "va_stub_header.fragment"
+ 
+@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ source_set("vaapi") {
+     "//third_party/libyuv",
+   ]
+ 
++  configs += [ ":vaapi_permissive" ]
++
+   if (use_x11) {
+     configs += [ "//build/config/linux:x11" ]
+     deps += [ "//ui/gfx/x" ]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chromium/files/chromium-enable-vaapi.patch b/srcpkgs/chromium/patches/chromium-enable-vaapi.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/chromium/files/chromium-enable-vaapi.patch
rename to srcpkgs/chromium/patches/chromium-enable-vaapi.patch
diff --git a/srcpkgs/chromium/template b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
index af33a2aebf0..b1eed4e54c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chromium/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 pkgname=chromium
 # See http://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar for the latest version
 version=70.0.3538.110
-revision=1
+revision=2
 short_desc="Google's attempt at creating a safer, faster, and more stable browser"
 maintainer="Rasmus Thomsen <rasmus.thomsen@protonmail.com>"
-homepage="https://www.chromium.org/"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://www.chromium.org/"
 distfiles="https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=445ef88fcf283206c1eba4faeb1c186c805e053d8b4ffeac1fcb88187bc1942f
 
@@ -30,16 +30,11 @@ makedepends="libpng-devel gtk+-devel gtk+3-devel nss-devel pciutils-devel
  libjpeg-turbo-devel libevent-devel json-c-devel harfbuzz-devel
  minizip-devel jsoncpp-devel zlib-devel libcap-devel libXdamage-devel
  re2-devel fontconfig-devel freetype-devel harfbuzz-devel opus-devel
- ffmpeg-devel"
+ ffmpeg-devel libva-devel"
 depends="libexif hwids desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 
 build_options_default="jumbo_build"
 
-# Chromium's VAAPI stuff doesn't build on i686
-if [ "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" != "i686" ]; then
-	makedepends+=" libva-devel"
-fi
-
 post_extract() {
 	case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	*-musl)
@@ -48,12 +43,13 @@ post_extract() {
 			patch -Np0 -i "$f"
 		done
 		;;
+	i686)
+				for f in "${FILESDIR}"/i686-patches/*.patch; do
+			echo "Applying $f"
+			patch -Np0 -i "$f"
+		done
 	esac
 
-	if [ "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" != "i686" ]; then
-		patch -Np0 -i "${FILESDIR}"/chromium-enable-vaapi.patch
-	fi
-
 	# Use the file at run time instead of effectively compiling it in
 	sed 's|//third_party/usb_ids/usb.ids|/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids|g' \
 		-i device/usb/BUILD.gn
@@ -162,12 +158,10 @@ do_configure() {
 	#  Jumbo/Unity builds: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/jumbo.md
 	conf+=( "use_jumbo_build=$(vopt_if jumbo_build true false)" )
 
-	# Enable VAAPI. Doesn't compile on i686
-	if [ "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" != "i686" ]; then
-		conf+=(
-			'use_vaapi=true'
-		)
-	fi
+	# Enable VAAPI - hardware accelerated video decoding.
+	conf+=(
+		'use_vaapi=true'
+	)
 
 	# Use explicit library dependencies instead of dlopen.
 	# GN only has "link_pulseaudio", the other options used before are not available atm