diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df06ffecba9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+buildLinux (args // rec {
+  version = "5.6.1";
+
+  # 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 = "0c0m9wbzbnhnfsvw2ki7wikvz8fzj94rlbfr76qa8shgdm2gvn26";
+  };
+} // (args.argsOverride or {}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d0b48046dbb7..c6653fd29415 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ in
   acoustidFingerprinter = callPackage ../tools/audio/acoustid-fingerprinter {
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg_2;
   };
-  
+
   alsaequal = callPackage ../tools/audio/alsaequal { };
 
   acpica-tools = callPackage ../tools/system/acpica-tools { };
@@ -16711,6 +16711,14 @@ in
     ];
   };
 
+  linux_5_6 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.6.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
@@ -16920,7 +16928,7 @@ in
   linux = linuxPackages.kernel;
 
   # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
-  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_5_5;
+  linuxPackages_latest = linuxPackages_5_6;
   linux_latest = linuxPackages_latest.kernel;
 
   # Build the kernel modules for the some of the kernels.
@@ -16935,6 +16943,7 @@ in
   linuxPackages_4_19 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_4_19);
   linuxPackages_5_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_4);
   linuxPackages_5_5 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_5);
+  linuxPackages_5_6 = recurseIntoAttrs (linuxPackagesFor pkgs.linux_5_6);
 
   # When adding to this list:
   # - Update linuxPackages_latest to the latest version