diff --git a/hw/xfree86/compat/geeventinit.c b/hw/xfree86/compat/geeventinit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53dc2cc42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/xfree86/compat/geeventinit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <dix-config.h>
+
+#include <X11/Xfuncproto.h>
+#include <X11/Xproto.h>
+
+#include "os/osdep.h"
+
+#include "xf86_compat.h"
+
+/*
+ * needed for NVidia proprietary driver 570.x and 575.x version
+ *
+ * they really need special functions for trivial struct initialization :p
+ *
+ * this function had been obsolete and removed long ago, but NVidia folks
+ * still didn't do basic maintenance and fixed their driver
+ */
+
+_X_EXPORT void GEInitEvent(xGenericEvent *ev, int extension);
+
+void GEInitEvent(xGenericEvent *ev, int extension)
+{
+    xf86NVidiaBugObsoleteFunc("GEInitEvent()");
+
+    ev->type = GenericEvent;
+    ev->extension = extension;
+    ev->length = 0;
+}
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build b/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
index ea64e7f0e..22c253b5a 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 srcs_xorg_compat = [
     'clientexception.c',
+    'geeventinit.c',
     'log.c',
     'nvidiabug.c',
     'ones.c',