diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 0a58ed87e6c..e254891b001 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ let
 
     misc = {
       HID_BATTERY_STRENGTH = yes;
+      # enabled by default in x86_64 but not arm64, so we do that here
+      HIDRAW               = yes;
+
       MODULE_COMPRESS    = yes;
       MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ = yes;
       KERNEL_XZ          = yes;