diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/handler.sh b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/handler.sh
index df6b28a096..1ff368bc1e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/acpid/files/handler.sh
+++ b/srcpkgs/acpid/files/handler.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ step_backlight() {
     for backlight in /sys/class/backlight/*/; do
         [ -d "$backlight" ] || continue
         step=$(( $(cat "$backlight/max_brightness") / 20 ))
+        [ "$step" -gt "1" ] || step=1 #fallback if gradation is too low
         printf '%s' "$(( $(cat "$backlight/brightness") $1 step ))" >"$backlight/brightness"
     done
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/acpid/template b/srcpkgs/acpid/template
index 24be7ddd93..ba9f0dc442 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/acpid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/acpid/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'acpid'
 pkgname=acpid
 version=2.0.33
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="ACPI Daemon (acpid) With Netlink Support"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"