diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7b929740d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+buildLinux (args // rec {
+  version = "5.8";
+
+  # 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 = "1xgibkwb1yfl6qdlbxyagai0qc1pk5ark7giz1512hh6ma353xz7";
+  };
+} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 16cc4dcfbf2..e630dfaabce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17285,6 +17285,14 @@ in
     ];
   };
 
+  linux_5_8 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.8.nix {
+    kernelPatches = [
+      kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
+      kernelPatches.request_key_helper
+      kernelPatches.export_kernel_fpu_functions."5.3"
+    ];
+  };
+
   linux_testing = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix {
     kernelPatches = [
       kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
@@ -17500,7 +17508,7 @@ in
 
   # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
   # And update linux_latest_for_hardened below if the patches are already available
-  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_5_7;
+  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_5_8;
   linux_latest = linuxPackages_latest.kernel;
 
   # Build the kernel modules for the some of the kernels.
@@ -17516,6 +17524,7 @@ in
   linuxPackages_5_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_4);
   linuxPackages_5_6 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_6);
   linuxPackages_5_7 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_7);
+  linuxPackages_5_8 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_8);
 
   # When adding to this list:
   # - Update linuxPackages_latest to the latest version
@@ -17553,7 +17562,7 @@ in
   # Hardened Linux
   hardenedLinuxPackagesFor = kernel': overrides:
     let # Note: We use this hack since the hardened patches can lag behind and we don't want to delay updates:
-      linux_latest_for_hardened = pkgs.linux_latest;
+      linux_latest_for_hardened = pkgs.linux_5_8;
       kernel = (if kernel' == pkgs.linux_latest then linux_latest_for_hardened else kernel').override overrides;
     in linuxPackagesFor (kernel.override {
       structuredExtraConfig = import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/hardened/config.nix {