diff --git a/kernel.nix b/kernel.nix
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+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  boot.kernelPackages = let
+      linux_xanmod_pkg = { fetchFromGitHub, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
+
+        buildLinux (args // rec {
+          version = "5.9.8-xanmod1";
+          modDirVersion = version;
+
+          src = fetchFromGitHub {
+            owner = "xanmod";
+            repo = "linux";
+            rev = "99f1ba6a16a7b65a504a62c104edd7f8a4ec1c47";
+            sha256 = "104jz68xxiw8vkgavahgaqq1gcfhy0xyz3v3vin7zykxf01nax6y";
+            extraPostFetch = ''
+              rm $out/.config
+            '';
+          };
+          kernelPatches = [];
+          
+          extraConfig = ''
+            NUMA n
+          '';
+
+          extraMeta.branch = "5.9.8-xanmod1";
+        } // (args.argsOverride or {}));
+      linux_xanmod = pkgs.callPackage linux_xanmod_pkg{};
+    in 
+      pkgs.recurseIntoAttrs (pkgs.linuxPackagesFor linux_xanmod);
+}
+