diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 1690cd8805803cc52e20adfb1aa4a16686fd4adf..46f2178488b392783ec36a55d0913e733fef6d9a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ (define-public linux-libre
                                                 "CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=m\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_FUSE_FS=m\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_CIFS=m\n"
-                                                "CONFIG_9P_FS=m\n")
+                                                "CONFIG_9P_FS=m\n"
+                                                "CONFIG_E1000E=m\n")
                                  port)
                         (close-port port))