diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi.nix
index 69900f044a3b..d2e1a35cb2e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ lib.overrideDerivation (buildLinux (args // rec {
   } // (args.features or {});
 
   extraMeta.hydraPlatforms = [ "aarch64-linux" ];
-})) (oldAttrs: {
+} // (args.argsOverride or {}))) (oldAttrs: {
   postConfigure = ''
     # The v7 defconfig has this set to '-v7' which screws up our modDirVersion.
     sed -i $buildRoot/.config -e 's/^CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=.*/CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""/'