diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..736973d3c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
+
+import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "3.17";
+  modDirVersion = "3.17.0";
+  extraMeta.branch = "3.17";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0lb2yyh3j932789jq4gxx9xshgy6rfdnl3lm8yr43kaz7k4kw5gm";
+  };
+
+  features.iwlwifi = true;
+  features.efiBootStub = true;
+  features.needsCifsUtils = true;
+  features.canDisableNetfilterConntrackHelpers = true;
+  features.netfilterRPFilter = true;
+} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f4286623be8..a26b6c7dde9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7812,6 +7812,15 @@ let
       ];
   };
 
+  linux_3_17 = makeOverridable (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.17.nix) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl buildLinux;
+    kernelPatches = lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
+      [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu
+        kernelPatches.mips_fpu_sigill
+        kernelPatches.mips_ext3_n32
+      ];
+  };
+
   linux_testing = makeOverridable (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl buildLinux;
     kernelPatches = lib.optionals ((platform.kernelArch or null) == "mips")
@@ -7962,6 +7971,7 @@ let
   linuxPackages_3_14 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_14 linuxPackages_3_14);
   linuxPackages_3_15 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_15 linuxPackages_3_15);
   linuxPackages_3_16 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_16 linuxPackages_3_16);
+  linuxPackages_3_17 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_3_17 linuxPackages_3_17);
   linuxPackages_testing = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_testing linuxPackages_testing);
 
   # grsecurity flavors