diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 27a615d7bb9..b94e34c8f6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -370,9 +370,12 @@ let
     };
 
     container = {
-      NAMESPACES     = option yes; #  Required by 'unshare' used by 'nixos-install'
+      NAMESPACES     = yes; #  Required by 'unshare' used by 'nixos-install'
       RT_GROUP_SCHED = no;
-      CGROUP_DEVICE  = option yes;
+      CGROUP_DEVICE  = yes;
+      CGROUP_HUGETLB = yes;
+      CGROUP_PERF    = yes;
+      CGROUP_RDMA    = whenAtLeast "4.11" yes;
 
       MEMCG                    = yes;
       MEMCG_SWAP               = yes;