diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/grsecurity-nixos-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/grsecurity-nixos-config.nix
index 894f2d8e364..67bad8aeb40 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/grsecurity-nixos-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/grsecurity-nixos-config.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ GRKERNSEC_CONFIG_VIRT_KVM y
 GRKERNSEC_CONFIG_PRIORITY_SECURITY y
 
 PAX_PT_PAX_FLAGS y
-PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS n
+PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS y
 PAX_EI_PAX n
 
 GRKERNSEC_PROC_GID 0