diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a188336cbe50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, kernel }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "dpdk-kmods";
+  version = "2021-04-21";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "http://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/snapshot/dpdk-kmods-e13d7af77a1bf98757f85c3c4083f6ee6d0d2372.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8ysWT3X3rIyUAo4/QbkX7cQq5iFeU18/BPsmmWugcIc=";
+  };
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
+
+  KSRC = "${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+
+  preBuild = "cd linux/igb_uio";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    make -C ${KSRC} M=$(pwd) modules_install
+  '';
+
+  INSTALL_MOD_PATH = placeholder "out";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Kernel modules for DPDK";
+    homepage = "https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 19cbe826b9fd..98422e419430 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20675,7 +20675,9 @@ in
 
     digimend = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/digimend { };
 
-    dpdk = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk { };
+    dpdk-kmods = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods { };
+
+    dpdk = throw "The dpdk driver has been renamed to dpdk-mods.";
 
     exfat-nofuse = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/exfat { };