diff --git a/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.2-r2.ebuild b/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.2-r2.ebuild
index b40e7432003b7..361eccee58d71 100644
--- a/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ src_compile() {
 	addwrite /dev/nvidiactl  # bug #569738
 	addwrite /dev/nvidia0  # bug #569738
 	addwrite /dev/dri/  # bug #574038
+	addwrite /dev/ati/  # bug 589198
 	addwrite /proc/mtrr  # bug 589198
 
 	export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share  # bug 587004
diff --git a/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.4.ebuild b/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.4.ebuild
index 0b34d4d653c78..49d72a0814dbf 100644
--- a/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.4.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-2.9.4.ebuild
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ src_compile() {
 	addwrite /dev/nvidiactl  # bug #569738
 	addwrite /dev/nvidia0  # bug #569738
 	addwrite /dev/dri/  # bug #574038
+	addwrite /dev/ati/  # bug 589198
 	addwrite /proc/mtrr  # bug 589198
 
 	export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share  # bug 587004
diff --git a/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-9999.ebuild
index d534d95c3f701..19b005e0c239d 100644
--- a/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/gimp/gimp-9999.ebuild
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ src_compile() {
 	addwrite /dev/nvidiactl  # bug #569738
 	addwrite /dev/nvidia0  # bug #569738
 	addwrite /dev/dri/  # bug #574038
+	addwrite /dev/ati/  # bug 589198
 	addwrite /proc/mtrr  # bug 589198
 
 	export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share  # bug 587004