diff --git a/docker/gerrit/patches/serve-x-normally.patch b/docker/gerrit/patches/serve-x-normally.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7c0d6c336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gerrit/patches/serve-x-normally.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/StaticModule.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/StaticModule.java
+index 414a120194..9d59535a66 100644
+--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/StaticModule.java
++++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/StaticModule.java
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class StaticModule extends ServletModule {
+           "/c/*",
+           "/p/*",
+           "/q/*",
+-          "/x/*",
++          //"/x/*",
+           "/admin/*",
+           "/dashboard/*",
+           "/groups/self",
diff --git a/playbooks/zuul/gerrit/run.yaml b/playbooks/zuul/gerrit/run.yaml
index db6d99e32b..cccd2466ac 100644
--- a/playbooks/zuul/gerrit/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/zuul/gerrit/run.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
   tasks:
     - name: Patch Gerrit's webapp routes to not shadow x/
       shell: |
-        cd /home/zuul/src/gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
+        set -ex
+        GERRIT_BASE=/home/zuul/src/gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit
+        SYSTEM_CONFIG_BASE=/home/zuul/src/opendev.org/opendev/system-config
         # Disable the x/ redirection since we have x/ projects
-        sed -i -e 's|"/x/\*"\,$|//"/x/*",|g' java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/StaticModule.java
+        patch $GERRIT_BASE/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/StaticModule.java \
+          $SYSTEM_CONFIG_BASE/docker/gerrit/patches/serve-x-normally.patch
 
     - name: Build gerrit
       include_role: