diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/network/ath-user-regd.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/network/ath-user-regd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5ade5ed501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/network/ath-user-regd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+let
+  kernelVersion = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.version;
+  linuxKernelMinVersion = "5.8";
+  kernelPatch = pkgs.kernelPatches.ath_regd_optional // {
+    extraConfig = ''
+      ATH_USER_REGD y
+    '';
+  };
+in
+{
+  options.networking.wireless.athUserRegulatoryDomain = mkOption {
+    default = false;
+    type = types.bool;
+    description = ''
+      If enabled, sets the ATH_USER_REGD kernel config switch to true to
+      disable the enforcement of EEPROM regulatory restrictions for ath
+      drivers. Requires at least Linux ${linuxKernelMinVersion}.
+    '';
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.networking.wireless.athUserRegulatoryDomain {
+    assertions = singleton {
+      assertion = lessThan 0 (builtins.compareVersions kernelVersion linuxKernelMinVersion);
+      message = "ATH_USER_REGD patch for kernels older than ${linuxKernelMinVersion} not ported yet!";
+    };
+    boot.kernelPatches = [ kernelPatch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 8fd5d4519fd..f5c4c0b6715 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   ./hardware/ledger.nix
   ./hardware/logitech.nix
   ./hardware/mcelog.nix
+  ./hardware/network/ath-user-regd.nix
   ./hardware/network/b43.nix
   ./hardware/network/intel-2200bg.nix
   ./hardware/nitrokey.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index b0eb2be2a4c..45e21784c9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 { lib, fetchpatch, fetchurl }:
 
 {
+  ath_regd_optional = rec {
+    name = "ath_regd_optional";
+    patch = fetchpatch {
+      name = name + ".patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/raw/ed2015c38617ed6624471e77f27fbb0c58c8c660/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/ath/402-ath_regd_optional.patch";
+      sha256 = "1ssDXSweHhF+pMZyd6kSrzeW60eb6MO6tlf0il17RC0=";
+      postFetch = ''
+        sed -i 's/CPTCFG_/CONFIG_/g' $out
+        sed -i '/--- a\/local-symbols/,$d' $out
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
   bridge_stp_helper =
     { name = "bridge-stp-helper";
       patch = ./bridge-stp-helper.patch;