diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.35.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.35.nix
index 7234c61e59b3..e0a9a28d1bca 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.35.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.35.nix
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ let
       # Allow up to 128 GiB of RAM in Xen domains.
       XEN_MAX_DOMAIN_MEMORY 128
 
+      # PROC_EVENTS requires that the netlink connector is not built
+      # as a module.  This is required by libcgroup's cgrulesengd.
+      CONNECTOR y
+      PROC_EVENTS y
+
       ${if kernelPlatform ? kernelExtraConfig then kernelPlatform.kernelExtraConfig else ""}
       ${extraConfig}
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.0.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.0.nix
index acdaf60a5fc7..6474e5de4d6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.0.nix
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ let
       # they generally don't hurt.
       STAGING y
 
+      # PROC_EVENTS requires that the netlink connector is not built
+      # as a module.  This is required by libcgroup's cgrulesengd.
+      CONNECTOR y
+      PROC_EVENTS y
+
       ${if kernelPlatform ? kernelExtraConfig then kernelPlatform.kernelExtraConfig else ""}
       ${extraConfig}
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix
index ad6a76a6816f..720a5fa15f2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.1.nix
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ let
       # they generally don't hurt.
       STAGING y
 
+      # PROC_EVENTS requires that the netlink connector is not built
+      # as a module.  This is required by libcgroup's cgrulesengd.
+      CONNECTOR y
+      PROC_EVENTS y
+
       ${if kernelPlatform ? kernelExtraConfig then kernelPlatform.kernelExtraConfig else ""}
       ${extraConfig}
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.2.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.2.nix
index 4067ee5ea85b..50174526596c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.2.nix
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ let
       # they generally don't hurt.
       STAGING y
 
+      # PROC_EVENTS requires that the netlink connector is not built
+      # as a module.  This is required by libcgroup's cgrulesengd.
+      CONNECTOR y
+      PROC_EVENTS y
+
       ${if kernelPlatform ? kernelExtraConfig then kernelPlatform.kernelExtraConfig else ""}
       ${extraConfig}
     '';