diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 7b7c06a..f34e4ca 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         'config' 'config.x86_64'
         # standard config files for mkinitcpio ramdisk
         'linux.preset'
-        'change-default-console-loglevel.patch')
-md5sums=('4f25cd5bec5f8d5a7d935b3f2ccb8481'
-         '6366a8d4b0429ab6836c296ba298fb0e'
-         '09aad29932fe0d1aa765b314800db9a8'
-         '4360abfcf235aec738a313cca0421932'
-         'eb14dcfd80c00852ef81ded6e826826a'
-         'f3def2cefdcbb954c21d8505d23cc83c')
+        'change-default-console-loglevel.patch'
+        'criu-no-expert.patch')
 
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 
@@ -47,6 +42,10 @@ prepare() {
   # (relevant patch sent upstream: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/26/227)
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/change-default-console-loglevel.patch"
 
+  # allow criu without expert option set
+  # patch from fedora
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/criu-no-expert.patch"
+ 
   if [ "${CARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
     cat "${srcdir}/config.x86_64" > ./.config
   else
@@ -327,3 +326,16 @@ for _p in ${pkgname[@]}; do
 done
 
 # vim:set ts=8 sts=2 sw=2 et:
+md5sums=('4f25cd5bec5f8d5a7d935b3f2ccb8481'
+         '6366a8d4b0429ab6836c296ba298fb0e'
+         '09aad29932fe0d1aa765b314800db9a8'
+         '1e3e8aaf0dd56131ccfcee05695b0109'
+         'eb14dcfd80c00852ef81ded6e826826a'
+         'f3def2cefdcbb954c21d8505d23cc83c')
+md5sums=('4f25cd5bec5f8d5a7d935b3f2ccb8481'
+         '6366a8d4b0429ab6836c296ba298fb0e'
+         '09aad29932fe0d1aa765b314800db9a8'
+         '5ffd739d5b3e7c68bf07472aaceca400'
+         'eb14dcfd80c00852ef81ded6e826826a'
+         'f3def2cefdcbb954c21d8505d23cc83c'
+         'd50c1ac47394e9aec637002ef3392bd1')
diff --git a/config.x86_64 b/config.x86_64
index 44c0958..de9328c 100644
--- a/config.x86_64
+++ b/config.x86_64
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH=y
 CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y
 CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP is not set
-# CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is not set
+CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_UTS_NS=y
 CONFIG_IPC_NS=y
diff --git a/criu-no-expert.patch b/criu-no-expert.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2124427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/criu-no-expert.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
+index be8b7f5..7461760 100644
+--- a/init/Kconfig
++++ b/init/Kconfig
+@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ config DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP
+ endif # CGROUPS
+ 
+ config CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
+-	bool "Checkpoint/restore support" if EXPERT
++	bool "Checkpoint/restore support"
+ 	default n
+ 	help
+ 	  Enables additional kernel features in a sake of checkpoint/restore.
+@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ config CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
+ 	  If unsure, say N here.
+ 
+ menuconfig NAMESPACES
+-	bool "Namespaces support" if EXPERT
++	bool "Namespaces support"
+ 	default !EXPERT
+ 	help
+ 	  Provides the way to make tasks work with different objects using