diff --git a/pkgs/bootpart-uefi-x86_64/default.nix b/pkgs/bootpart-uefi-x86_64/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ebd6d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/bootpart-uefi-x86_64/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, pkgs }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bootpart-uefi-x86_64";
+  version = "1";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.syslinux ];
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  installPhase = with pkgs; ''
+    # populate the EFI directory with syslinux, and configure it to read that extlinux.conf file managed by nixos
+    mkdir -p "$out/EFI/syslinux"  "$out/EFI/BOOT"
+    cp -R "${syslinux}/share/syslinux/efi64"/* "$out/EFI/syslinux"
+    echo "DEFAULT trampoline" > "$out/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.cfg"
+    echo "LABEL trampoline" >> "$out/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.cfg"
+    echo "CONFIG ../../extlinux/extlinux.conf ../../extlinux" >> "$out/EFI/syslinux/syslinux.cfg"
+    
+    # create the EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI default entry
+    cp "$out/EFI/syslinux"/* "$out/EFI/BOOT"
+    mv "$out/EFI/BOOT/syslinux.efi" "$out/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "unmanaged files to place in /boot on a x86-64 extlinux system";
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/overlay.nix b/pkgs/overlay.nix
index dc082656..c9963695 100644
--- a/pkgs/overlay.nix
+++ b/pkgs/overlay.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   sane-scripts = prev.callPackage ./sane-scripts { };
   tow-boot-pinephone = prev.callPackage ./tow-boot-pinephone { };
   tow-boot-rpi4 = prev.callPackage ./tow-boot-rpi4 { };
+  bootpart-uefi-x86_64 = prev.callPackage ./bootpart-uefi-x86_64 { pkgs = prev; };
 
 
   #### customized packages