diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 2c8b8de65b31..1ed48baa924c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ let
       MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ = yes;
       KERNEL_XZ          = yes;
 
+      SYSVIPC            = yes;  # System-V IPC
+
       UNIX               = yes;  # Unix domain sockets.
 
       MD                 = yes;     # Device mapper (RAID, LVM, etc.)