diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d485a04..d56a02d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Fix the 'primary' issue
+  - ignores the primary keyword
+  - makes ARandR compatible with xrandr 1.4.0
 * Merged parts of the cglita branch
   - solves ValueError / "1080p" issue
 * New translations:
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 2200f0b..6d38fd1 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ ARandR TODO list
        5. arandr knows what he sees and can position displays and offer to apply a matrix
 
 * be more intelligent about future xrandr versions (cf debian #523903)
+
+  * parse versions instead of just looking for a string -- '1.3' in output_string won't help detecting an 1.4 client that spews new keywords
+
 * read --props, parse edid (using parse-edid from read-edid; dispcalGUI has dispcalGUI/edid.py with a parse_edid that just works), maybe even offer setting properties
 
     * sigrok has a pure python implementation at http://sigrok.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=sigrok/sigrok;a=blob;f=libsigrokdecode/decoders/edid/edid.py
diff --git a/screenlayout/xrandr.py b/screenlayout/xrandr.py
index 6931cec..8fddb9a 100644
--- a/screenlayout/xrandr.py
+++ b/screenlayout/xrandr.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, display=None, force_version=False):
             self.environ['DISPLAY'] = display
 
         version_output = self._output("--version")
-        if not ("1.2" in version_output or "1.3" in version_output) and not force_version:
+        if not ("1.2" in version_output or "1.3" in version_output or "1.4" in version_output) and not force_version:
             raise Exception("XRandR 1.2/1.3 required.")
 
     def _get_outputs(self):
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ def load_from_x(self): # FIXME -- use a library
 
             o.connected = (hsplit[1] in ('connected', 'unknown-connection'))
 
+            if 'primary' in hsplit:
+                hsplit.remove('primary')
+
             if not hsplit[2].startswith("("):
                 active = True