diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
index f208da7f30ec..29557b8d9e2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 , # Legacy overrides to the intermediate kernel config, as string
   extraConfig ? ""
 
+  # Additional make flags passed to kbuild
+, extraMakeFlags ? []
+
 , # kernel intermediate config overrides, as a set
  structuredExtraConfig ? {}
 
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ let
     in lib.concatStringsSep "\n" ([baseConfigStr] ++ configFromPatches);
 
   configfile = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    inherit ignoreConfigErrors autoModules preferBuiltin kernelArch;
+    inherit ignoreConfigErrors autoModules preferBuiltin kernelArch extraMakeFlags;
     pname = "linux-config";
     inherit version;
 
@@ -116,7 +119,8 @@ let
     # e.g. "bzImage"
     kernelTarget = stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel.target;
 
-    makeFlags = lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel ? makeFlags) stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel.makeFlags;
+    makeFlags = lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel ? makeFlags) stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel.makeFlags
+      ++ extraMakeFlags;
 
     prePatch = kernel.prePatch + ''
       # Patch kconfig to print "###" after every question so that
@@ -136,7 +140,8 @@ let
       export HOSTLD=$LD_FOR_BUILD
 
       # Get a basic config file for later refinement with $generateConfig.
-      make -C . O="$buildRoot" $kernelBaseConfig \
+      make $makeFlags \
+          -C . O="$buildRoot" $kernelBaseConfig \
           ARCH=$kernelArch \
           HOSTCC=$HOSTCC HOSTCXX=$HOSTCXX HOSTAR=$HOSTAR HOSTLD=$HOSTLD \
           CC=$CC OBJCOPY=$OBJCOPY OBJDUMP=$OBJDUMP READELF=$READELF \
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ let
   }; # end of configfile derivation
 
   kernel = (callPackage ./manual-config.nix {}) {
-    inherit version modDirVersion src kernelPatches randstructSeed lib stdenv extraMeta configfile;
+    inherit version modDirVersion src kernelPatches randstructSeed lib stdenv extraMakeFlags extraMeta configfile;
 
     config = { CONFIG_MODULES = "y"; CONFIG_FW_LOADER = "m"; };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index d40a36936a26..77add0aef539 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ in {
   stdenv,
   # The kernel version
   version,
+  # Additional kernel make flags
+  extraMakeFlags ? [],
   # The version of the kernel module directory
   modDirVersion ? version,
   # The kernel source (tarball, git checkout, etc.)
@@ -173,7 +175,9 @@ let
         "KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION=1-NixOS"
         kernelConf.target
         "vmlinux"  # for "perf" and things like that
-      ] ++ optional isModular "modules";
+      ]
+      ++ optional isModular "modules"
+      ++ extraMakeFlags;
 
       installFlags = [
         "INSTALLKERNEL=${installkernel}"
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ((drvAttrs config stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel kernelPat
     "ARCH=${stdenv.hostPlatform.linuxArch}"
   ] ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
     "CROSS_COMPILE=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}"
-  ];
+  ] ++ extraMakeFlags;
 
   karch = stdenv.hostPlatform.linuxArch;
 })