diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
index 9bb22e50759..e1ddad20689 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ with pkgs;
 rec {
 
 
-  inherit (kernelPackages_2_6_27) kernel;
+  inherit (kernelPackages_2_6_29) kernel;
 
   klibcShrunk = pkgs.klibcShrunk.override { klibc = klibc_15; };
 
+  kvm = pkgs.kvm76;
+
 
   modulesClosure = makeModulesClosure {
     inherit kernel;
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ rec {
   vmRunCommand = qemuCommand: writeText "vm-run" ''
     export > saved-env
 
-    PATH=${coreutils}/bin:${qemu_kvm}/bin:${samba}/sbin
+    PATH=${coreutils}/bin:${kvm}/bin:${samba}/sbin
 
     diskImage=''${diskImage:-/dev/null}
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e438f044c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, kernelHeaders, zlib, e2fsprogs, SDL, alsaLib, pkgconfig, rsync}:
+   
+assert stdenv.isLinux;
+   
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "kvm-76";
+   
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/kvm/kvm-76.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "06gf2aic6n0b3fnd9vi0llyydr2w6qnx1k8imm710862xhncpssk";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Allow setting the path to Samba through $QEMU_SMBD_COMMAND.
+    ./smbd-path.patch
+    # The makefile copies stuff from the kernel directory and then
+    # tries to modify the copy, but it must be made writable first.
+    ./readonly-kernel-r2.patch
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-patched-kernel --kerneldir=${kernelHeaders}";
+
+  # e2fsprogs is needed for libuuid.
+  # rsync is a weird dependency used for copying kernel header files.
+  buildInputs = [zlib e2fsprogs SDL alsaLib pkgconfig rsync];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    for i in configure user/configure; do
+      substituteInPlace $i --replace /bin/bash $shell
+    done
+    substituteInPlace libkvm/Makefile --replace kvm_para.h kvm.h # !!! quick hack
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://kvm.qumranet.com/;
+    description = "A full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r2.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..663db508b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/readonly-kernel-r2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -rc kvm-74-orig/kernel/Makefile kvm-74/kernel/Makefile
+*** kvm-74-orig/kernel/Makefile	2008-08-27 10:53:37.000000000 +0200
+--- kvm-74/kernel/Makefile	2008-08-29 14:12:00.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 59,64 ****
+--- 59,65 ----
+  	-rsync -R \
+  	     "$(LINUX)"/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)/include/asm/./kvm*.h \
+               $T/include/asm-$(ARCH_DIR)/
++ 	chmod -R u+w $T
+  
+  	set -e && for i in $(find $T -name '*.h'); do \
+  		$(call unifdef,$$i); done
+Only in kvm-74/kernel: Makefile~
+Only in kvm-74/kernel: Makefile.rej
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/smbd-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/smbd-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5844ebefcf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kvm/smbd-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff -rc kvm-57-orig/qemu/vl.c kvm-57/qemu/vl.c
+*** kvm-57-orig/qemu/vl.c	2007-12-18 16:57:46.000000000 +0100
+--- kvm-57/qemu/vl.c	2008-08-26 13:17:57.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 141,147 ****
+  #ifdef __sun__
+  #define SMBD_COMMAND "/usr/sfw/sbin/smbd"
+  #else
+! #define SMBD_COMMAND "/usr/sbin/smbd"
+  #endif
+  
+  //#define DEBUG_UNUSED_IOPORT
+--- 141,147 ----
+  #ifdef __sun__
+  #define SMBD_COMMAND "/usr/sfw/sbin/smbd"
+  #else
+! #define SMBD_COMMAND "smbd"
+  #endif
+  
+  //#define DEBUG_UNUSED_IOPORT
+***************
+*** 3828,3838 ****
+          slirp_init();
+      }
+  
+!     /* XXX: better tmp dir construction */
+!     snprintf(smb_dir, sizeof(smb_dir), "/tmp/qemu-smb.%d", getpid());
+!     if (mkdir(smb_dir, 0700) < 0) {
+!         fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not create samba server dir '%s'\n", smb_dir);
+!         exit(1);
+      }
+      snprintf(smb_conf, sizeof(smb_conf), "%s/%s", smb_dir, "smb.conf");
+  
+--- 3828,3840 ----
+          slirp_init();
+      }
+  
+!     while (1) {
+!         snprintf(smb_dir, sizeof(smb_dir), "/tmp/qemu-smb.%d.%d", getpid(), random());
+!         if (mkdir(smb_dir, 0700) == 0) break;
+!         if (errno != EEXIST) {
+!             fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not create samba server dir '%s'\n", smb_dir);
+!             exit(1);
+!         }
+      }
+      snprintf(smb_conf, sizeof(smb_conf), "%s/%s", smb_dir, "smb.conf");
+  
+Only in kvm-57/qemu: vl.c~
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e1c91a46639..a074786efe1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5644,7 +5644,12 @@ let
     inherit stdenv klibc;
   };
 
-  kvm = kvm86;
+  kvm = kvm76;
+
+  kvm76 = import ../os-specific/linux/kvm/76.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib e2fsprogs SDL alsaLib pkgconfig rsync;
+    inherit (glibc) kernelHeaders;
+  };
 
   kvm86 = import ../os-specific/linux/kvm/86.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib SDL alsaLib pkgconfig pciutils;