diff --git a/packages/default.nix b/packages/default.nix
index 490a0be..37397d4 100644
--- a/packages/default.nix
+++ b/packages/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,17 @@ let
       // {
         modDirVersion = version;
 
-        kernelPatches = (args.kernelPatches or [ ]) ++ [ ];
+        kernelPatches = (args.kernelPatches or [ ]) ++ [
+          {
+            name = "compress-kernel-modules";
+            patch = null;
+            extraConfig = ''
+              MODULE_COMPRESS y
+              MODULE_COMPRESS_ALL y
+              MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ y
+            '';
+          }
+        ];
         extraMeta.branch = lib.versions.majorMinor version;
       }
     );