diff --git a/pkgs/bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64/config.txt b/pkgs/bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64/config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bd11851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64/config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[pi3]
+kernel=Tow-Boot.noenv.rpi3.bin
+
+[pi4]
+kernel=Tow-Boot.noenv.rpi4.bin
+enable_gic=1
+armstub=armstub8-gic.bin
+disable_overscan=1
+
+[all]
+arm_64bit=1
+enable_uart=1
+avoid_warnings=1
diff --git a/pkgs/bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64/default.nix b/pkgs/bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91dee212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, pkgs }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64";
+  version = "1";
+
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ 
+    tow-boot-rpi4  # for Tow-Boot.*.bin
+    raspberrypifw  # for bootcode.bin, *.dat, *.elf, *.dtb
+    raspberrypi-armstubs  # for armstub*
+
+  ];
+
+  src = ./config.txt;
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  installPhase = with pkgs; ''
+    mkdir "$out"
+    cp ${tow-boot-rpi4}/Tow-Boot.noenv.*.bin "$out"/
+    cp -R ${raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot/*.dtb "$out"/
+    cp -R ${raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot/*.bin "$out"/
+    cp -R ${raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot/*.dat "$out"/
+    cp -R ${raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot/*.img "$out"/
+    cp -R ${raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot/*.elf "$out"/
+    cp -R ${raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot/overlays "$out"/
+    cp ${raspberrypi-armstubs}/* "$out"/
+    cp ${src} "$out"/config.txt
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "unmanaged files to place in /boot on a raspberry pi system";
+    platforms = [ "aarch64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/overlay.nix b/pkgs/overlay.nix
index c9963695..f212e3e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/overlay.nix
+++ b/pkgs/overlay.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-(next: prev: {
+(next: prev: rec {
   #### my own, non-upstreamable packages:
   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; };
-
+  bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64 = prev.callPackage ./bootpart-tow-boot-rpi-aarch64 {
+    # not sure why i can't just do pkgs = next here
+    pkgs = prev // { inherit tow-boot-rpi4; };
+  };
 
   #### customized packages
   # nixos-unstable pleroma is too far out-of-date for our db