diff --git a/patches/0080-kernel-6.1-support.patch b/patches/0080-kernel-6.1-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17c49db47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/0080-kernel-6.1-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+From f751e06cec78a745910c5c2ee93540b0d670deb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
+Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:48:34 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] kernel-6.1 support
+
+Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
+---
+ config/Config-images.in                   | 1 +
+ include/kernel-6.1                        | 2 ++
+ include/kernel-defaults.mk                | 2 ++
+ package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk | 4 ++--
+ 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 include/kernel-6.1
+
+diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
+index 8413f218a6..fbc9f9fac3 100644
+--- a/config/Config-images.in
++++ b/config/Config-images.in
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
+ 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP if TARGET_ipq60xx
+ 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP if TARGET_ipq50xx
+ 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ipq95xx
++			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ipq53xx
+ 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ if USES_SEPARATE_INITRAMFS
+ 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
+ 			depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS
+diff --git a/include/kernel-6.1 b/include/kernel-6.1
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000..3673357888
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/include/kernel-6.1
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++LINUX_VERSION-6.1 = .31
++LINUX_KERNEL_HASH-6.1.31 = e86917bba1990e967943645484182a64ba325f98b114a1906cc1d50992e073c1
+diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+index 6a341c3225..ae44e1a5e5 100644
+--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
++++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ endif
+   else
+ 	echo "# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_FORCE is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config
+   endif
++	echo "# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config
+ 	echo "$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE),CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE=y,# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE is not set)" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config
+ 	echo -e "$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP),CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP=y\nCONFIG_RD_GZIP=y,# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP is not set\n# CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set)" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config
+ 	echo -e "$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2),CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2=y\nCONFIG_RD_BZIP2=y,# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2 is not set\n# CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set)" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config
+@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ define Kernel/SetNoInitramfs
+ 	grep -v INITRAMFS $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.old > $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.set
+ 	echo 'CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""' >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.set
+ 	echo '# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_FORCE is not set' >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.set
++	echo "# CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME is not set" >> $(LINUX_DIR)/.config.set
+ endef
+ 
+ define Kernel/Configure/Default
+diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
+index 0d2f8a9140..8c14ab211d 100644
+--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
++++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
+@@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ define KernelPackage/nft-offload
+ 	CONFIG_NFT_FLOW_OFFLOAD
+   FILES:= \
+ 	$(LINUX_DIR)/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.ko \
+-	$(LINUX_DIR)/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ipv4.ko \
+-	$(LINUX_DIR)/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ipv6.ko \
++	$(LINUX_DIR)/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ipv4.ko@lt6.1 \
++	$(LINUX_DIR)/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ipv6.ko@lt6.1 \
+ 	$(LINUX_DIR)/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.ko
+   AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,nf_flow_table_inet nf_flow_table_ipv4 nf_flow_table_ipv6 nft_flow_offload)
+ endef
+-- 
+2.34.1
+