diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 82432a9773df..5ea3e16a8c55 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ let
 
         KEXEC_FILE = option yes;
         KEXEC_JUMP = option yes;
+        KEXEC_HANDOVER = whenAtLeast "6.16" (option yes);
 
         PARTITION_ADVANCED = yes; # Needed for LDM_PARTITION
         # Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support