diff --git a/m/eudy/kernel/kernel.nix b/m/eudy/kernel/kernel.nix
index 17a580b..3078fad 100644
--- a/m/eudy/kernel/kernel.nix
+++ b/m/eudy/kernel/kernel.nix
@@ -70,4 +70,8 @@ in {
   boot.kernelParams = [
     "mitigations=off"
   ];
+  
+  # enable memory overcommit, needed to build a taglibc system using nix after
+  # increasing the openblas memory footprint
+  boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.overcommit_memory" = 1;
 }