diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index d25e20bac8b2..76f8122e477c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ let
       # Necessary for BTF
       DEBUG_INFO                = mkMerge [
         (whenOlder "5.2" (if (features.debug or false) then yes else no))
-        (whenAtLeast "5.2" yes)
+        (whenBetween "5.2" "5.18" yes)
       ];
+      DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT = whenAtLeast "5.18" yes;
       DEBUG_INFO_BTF            = whenAtLeast "5.2" (option yes);
       BPF_LSM                   = whenAtLeast "5.7" (option yes);
       DEBUG_KERNEL              = yes;
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ let
       UDF_FS              = module;
 
       NFSD_V2_ACL            = yes;
-      NFSD_V3                = yes;
+      NFSD_V3                = whenOlder "5.18" yes;
       NFSD_V3_ACL            = yes;
       NFSD_V4                = yes;
       NFSD_V4_SECURITY_LABEL = yes;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.18.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.18.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b81f2479cb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.18.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
+
+with lib;
+
+buildLinux (args // rec {
+  version = "5.18";
+
+  # modDirVersion needs to be x.y.z, will automatically add .0 if needed
+  modDirVersion = if (modDirVersionArg == null) then concatStringsSep "." (take 3 (splitVersion "${version}.0")) else modDirVersionArg;
+
+  # branchVersion needs to be x.y
+  extraMeta.branch = versions.majorMinor version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1vjwhl4s8qxfg1aabn8xnpjza3qzrjcp5450h9qpjvl999lg3wsi";
+  };
+} // (args.argsOverride or { }))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index bb88c91d1c87..0adf7db3673b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   linuxPackages_5_15 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_15;
   linuxPackages_5_16 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_16;
   linuxPackages_5_17 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_17;
+  linuxPackages_5_18 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_18;
   linuxPackages_5_4 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_4;
   linuxPackages_hardkernel_4_14 = linuxKernel.packages.hardkernel_4_14;
   linuxPackages_rpi0 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_rpi1;
@@ -748,6 +749,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   linux_5_15 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_15;
   linux_5_16 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_16;
   linux_5_17 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_17;
+  linux_5_18 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_18;
   linux_5_4 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_4;
   linux_mptcp_95 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_mptcp_95;
   linux_rpi0 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_rpi1;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index 8196811a7b2b..a55ecc2b51ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ in {
       ];
     };
 
+    linux_5_18 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.18.nix {
+      kernelPatches = [
+        kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
+        kernelPatches.request_key_helper
+      ];
+    };
+
     linux_testing = let
       testing = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix {
         kernelPatches = [
@@ -502,6 +509,7 @@ in {
     linux_5_15 = recurseIntoAttrs (packagesFor kernels.linux_5_15);
     linux_5_16 = throw "linux 5.16 was removed because it reached its end of life upstream"; # Added 2022-04-23
     linux_5_17 = recurseIntoAttrs (packagesFor kernels.linux_5_17);
+    linux_5_18 = recurseIntoAttrs (packagesFor kernels.linux_5_18);
   };
 
   rtPackages = {
@@ -557,7 +565,7 @@ in {
   packageAliases = {
     linux_default = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 then packages.linux_5_10 else packages.linux_5_15;
     # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
-    linux_latest = packages.linux_5_17;
+    linux_latest = packages.linux_5_18;
     linux_mptcp = packages.linux_mptcp_95;
     linux_rt_default = packages.linux_rt_5_4;
     linux_rt_latest = packages.linux_rt_5_10;