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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidiabl/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidiabl/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, kernel }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nvidiabl-${version}-${kernel.version}";
+  version = "2017-09-26";
+
+  # We use a fork which adds support for newer kernels -- upstream has been abandoned.
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "yorickvP";
+    repo = "nvidiabl";
+    rev = "2d909f4dfceb24ce98479fd571411c6ec3b71bea";
+    sha256 = "0dsar8fsaxwywjh6rbrxkhdp142vqjnsyxfz6bgpbqml6slpiqs1";
+  };
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i 's|/sbin/depmod|#/sbin/depmod|' Makefile
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "KDIR=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
+    "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+    "KVER=${kernel.modDirVersion}"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Linux driver for setting the backlight brightness on laptops using NVIDIA GPU";
+    homepage = https://github.com/guillaumezin/nvidiabl;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ yorickvp ];
+  };
+}