diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 4f0dc0531b2f..6bda48781781 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -17119,6 +17119,12 @@
     githubId = 20029431;
     name = "Zyansheep";
   };
+  zygot = {
+    email = "stefan.bordei13@gmail.com";
+    github = "stefan-bordei";
+    githubId = 71881325;
+    name = "Stefan Bordei";
+  };
   zzamboni = {
     email = "diego@zzamboni.org";
     github = "zzamboni";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23ae6846b677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/rke2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "rke2";
+  version = "1.26.3+rke2r1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rancher";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-MC3INsuXV2JmazdXOAAslFlApvql6uOnOkWV8u0diOw=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-W9Phc1JYa3APAKvI34RWqMy4xfmwgX3BaOh4bQYFEnU=";
+
+  subPackages = [ "." ];
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" "-X github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/version.Version=v${version}" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rancher/rke2";
+    description = "RKE2, also known as RKE Government, is Rancher's next-generation Kubernetes distribution.";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rancher/rke2/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zygot ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f6762cc7d825..337f9039baef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33369,6 +33369,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rke = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/rke { };
 
+  rke2 = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/rke2 { };
+
   rocketchat-desktop = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/rocketchat-desktop { };
 
   rofi-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/misc/rofi { };