diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.16.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.16.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a7b5208d474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.16.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib, buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, nixosTests, modDirVersionArg ? null, ... } @ args:
+
+with lib;
+
+buildLinux (args // rec {
+  version = "5.16";
+
+  # 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 = "1fq86dbx2p124vi4j8nan68gj4zyw4xnqh4jxq9aqsdvi24pwz82";
+  };
+} // (args.argsOverride or { }))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 81d41311161d..bdd4ecb33e57 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   linuxPackages_5_4 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_4;
   linuxPackages_5_10 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_10;
   linuxPackages_5_15 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_15;
+  linuxPackages_5_16 = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_16;
 
   linux_mptcp_95 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_mptcp_95;
   linux_rpi1 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_rpi1;
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   linux_5_10 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_10;
   linux-rt_5_10 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_rt_5_10;
   linux_5_15 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_15;
+  linux_5_16 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_16;
 
   # added 2020-04-04
   linuxPackages_testing_hardened = throw "linuxPackages_testing_hardened has been removed, please use linuxPackages_latest_hardened";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index 5adb2cc17364..d147f419d778 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ in {
       ];
     };
 
+    linux_5_16 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-5.16.nix {
+      kernelPatches = [
+        kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
+        kernelPatches.request_key_helper
+      ];
+    };
+
     linux_testing = let
       testing = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-testing.nix {
         kernelPatches = [
@@ -464,6 +471,7 @@ in {
     linux_5_4 = recurseIntoAttrs (packagesFor kernels.linux_5_4);
     linux_5_10 = recurseIntoAttrs (packagesFor kernels.linux_5_10);
     linux_5_15 = recurseIntoAttrs (packagesFor kernels.linux_5_15);
+    linux_5_16 = recurseIntoAttrs (packagesFor kernels.linux_5_16);
   };
 
   rtPackages = {
@@ -508,7 +516,7 @@ in {
   packageAliases = {
     linux_default = packages.linux_5_10;
     # Update this when adding the newest kernel major version!
-    linux_latest = packages.linux_5_15;
+    linux_latest = packages.linux_5_16;
     linux_mptcp = packages.linux_mptcp_95;
     linux_rt_default = packages.linux_rt_5_4;
     linux_rt_latest = packages.linux_rt_5_10;