diff --git a/roles/portage/files/world b/roles/portage/files/world
index 45e6483..e204eeb 100644
--- a/roles/portage/files/world
+++ b/roles/portage/files/world
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ net-misc/socat
 net-misc/whois
 sys-apps/smartmontools
 sys-devel/gdb
+sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel
 sys-process/cronie
 sys-process/htop
 sys-process/lsof
diff --git a/roles/portage/files/x86_64/package.use/gentoo-kernel b/roles/portage/files/x86_64/package.use/gentoo-kernel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08bba9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/portage/files/x86_64/package.use/gentoo-kernel
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel hardened
+*/* dist-kernel