diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index 3811ce324d62..fafb38cae0be 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ in
       name = "aufs2.1";
       patch = ./aufs2.1-37.patch;
       features.aufsBase = true;
+      features.aufs2_1 = true;
     };
 
   # Increase the timeout on CIFS requests from 15 to 120 seconds to
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d5096c50e772..654a735bbc91 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5117,12 +5117,16 @@ let
 
     aufs2 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/aufs2 { };
 
-    aufs2_1 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/aufs2.1 { };
+    aufs2_1 = if kernel.features ? aufs2_1 then
+      callPackage ../os-specific/linux/aufs2.1 { }
+      else null;
+
+    aufs2_1_util = if kernel.features ? aufs2_1 then
+      callPackage ../os-specific/linux/aufs2.1-util { }
+      else null;
 
     aufs2_util = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/aufs2-util { };
 
-    aufs2_1_util = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/aufs2.1-util { };
-
     blcr = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/blcr {
       #libtool = libtool_1_5; # libtool 2 causes a fork bomb
     };