diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.18.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.18.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e71f67e15b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.18.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
+
+import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "3.18";
+  modDirVersion = "3.18.0";
+  extraMeta.branch = "3.18";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1gcc33mnjay3wr61y0613hfvq99pbkb6dkm3ab6gbmz6r4y43k5y";
+  };
+
+  features.iwlwifi = true;
+  features.efiBootStub = true;
+  features.needsCifsUtils = true;
+  features.canDisableNetfilterConntrackHelpers = true;
+  features.netfilterRPFilter = true;
+} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4fd5b9dc3e0f..57f6ae38b9bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8260,6 +8260,15 @@ let
       ];
   };
 
+  linux_3_18 = makeOverridable (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.18.nix) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl buildLinux;
+    kernelPatches = lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
+      [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu
+        kernelPatches.mips_fpu_sigill
+        kernelPatches.mips_ext3_n32
+      ];
+  };
+
   linux_testing = makeOverridable (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl buildLinux;
     kernelPatches = lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
@@ -8401,8 +8410,8 @@ let
   linuxPackages = linuxPackages_3_14;
 
   # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
-  linux_latest = pkgs.linux_3_17;
-  linuxPackages_latest = pkgs.linuxPackages_3_17;
+  linux_latest = pkgs.linux_3_18;
+  linuxPackages_latest = pkgs.linuxPackages_3_18;
 
   # Build the kernel modules for the some of the kernels.
   linuxPackages_3_2 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_2 linuxPackages_3_2);
@@ -8414,6 +8423,7 @@ let
   linuxPackages_3_14 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_14 linuxPackages_3_14);
   linuxPackages_3_16 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_16 linuxPackages_3_16);
   linuxPackages_3_17 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_17 linuxPackages_3_17);
+  linuxPackages_3_18 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_18 linuxPackages_3_18);
   linuxPackages_testing = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_testing linuxPackages_testing);
 
   # grsecurity flavors