diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 0394f94dddd1..74e66ce95ad6 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -2621,6 +2621,12 @@
     githubId = 30630233;
     name = "Timo Triebensky";
   };
+  birkb = {
+    email = "birk@batchworks.de";
+    github = "birkb";
+    githubId = 10164833;
+    name = "Birk Bohne";
+  };
   bjornfor = {
     email = "bjorn.forsman@gmail.com";
     github = "bjornfor";
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
index 144eecd7e0ee..9ef92632094d 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
@@ -578,6 +578,8 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m
 - QtMultimedia has changed its default backend to `QT_MEDIA_BACKEND=ffmpeg` (previously `gstreamer` on Linux or `darwin` on MacOS).
   The previous native backends remain available but are now minimally maintained. Refer to [upstream documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtmultimedia-index.html#ffmpeg-as-the-default-backend) for further details about each platform.
 
+- The `drbd` out-of-tree Linux kernel driver has been added in version `9.2.7`. With it the DRBD 9.x features can be used instead of the 8.x features provided by the `8.4.11` in-tree driver.
+
 - The oil shell's c++ version is now available as `oils-for-unix`. The python version is still available as `oil`
 
 - `documentation.man.mandoc` now by default uses `MANPATH` to set the directories where mandoc will search for manual pages.
diff --git a/nixos/tests/drbd.nix b/nixos/tests/drbd.nix
index bede7206d706..defbad693393 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/drbd.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/drbd.nix
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
               }
 
               on drbd1 {
-                address ${nodes.drbd1.config.networking.primaryIPAddress}:${toString drbdPort};
+                address ${nodes.drbd1.networking.primaryIPAddress}:${toString drbdPort};
               }
 
               on drbd2 {
-                address ${nodes.drbd2.config.networking.primaryIPAddress}:${toString drbdPort};
+                address ${nodes.drbd2.networking.primaryIPAddress}:${toString drbdPort};
               }
             }
           '';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
   {
     name = "drbd";
     meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
-      maintainers = [ ryantm astro ];
+      maintainers = [ ryantm astro birkb ];
     };
 
     nodes.drbd1 = drbdConfig;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/driver.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/driver.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efc771905e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/driver.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, kernel, flex, coccinelle, python3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "drbd-${version}-${kernel.version}";
+  version = "9.2.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://pkg.linbit.com//downloads/drbd/9/drbd-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1355ns10z0fjgqsdpf09qfy01j8lg2n7zy4kclmar3s798n3mh56";
+  };
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    kernel.moduleBuildDependencies
+    flex
+    coccinelle
+    python3
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "KDIR=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
+    "SPAAS=false"
+  ];
+
+  # 6.4 and newer provide a in-tree version of the handshake module https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.4/networking/tls-handshake.html
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -D drbd/drbd.ko -t $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/block/drbd
+    install -D drbd/drbd_transport_tcp.ko -t $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/block/drbd
+    install -D drbd/drbd_transport_lb-tcp.ko -t $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/block/drbd
+    install -D drbd/drbd_transport_rdma.ko -t $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/block/drbd
+    ${lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder kernel.version "6.4") ''
+      install -D drbd/drbd-kernel-compat/handshake/handshake.ko -t $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/drivers/block/drbd
+    ''}
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace 'SHELL=/bin/bash' 'SHELL=${builtins.getEnv "SHELL"}'
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/LINBIT/drbd";
+    description = "LINBIT DRBD kernel module";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ birkb ];
+    longDescription = ''
+       DRBD is a software-based, shared-nothing, replicated storage solution
+       mirroring the content of block devices (hard disks, partitions, logical volumes, and so on) between hosts.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/utils.nix
similarity index 90%
rename from pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/default.nix
rename to pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/utils.nix
index 0c5acd0ac064..ad50c2c3e50a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/utils.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 , libxslt
 , nixosTests
 , perl
+, perlPackages
 , systemd
+, keyutils
 
 # drbd-utils are compiled twice, once with forOCF = true to extract
 # its OCF definitions for use in the ocf-resource-agents derivation,
@@ -22,11 +24,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "drbd";
-  version = "9.19.1";
+  version = "9.27.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://pkg.linbit.com/downloads/drbd/utils/${pname}-utils-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1l99kcrb0j85wxxmrdihpx9bk1a4sdi7wlp5m1x5l24k8ck1m5cf";
+    sha256 = "1qwdrjrgas8z8vc6c85xcrqaczjwyqd61yig01n44wa5z0j3v4aq";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -34,11 +36,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libxslt
     docbook_xsl
     asciidoctor
+    keyutils
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     perl
-    # perlPackages.Po4a used by ja documentation
+    perlPackages.Po4a
   ];
 
   configureFlags = [
@@ -123,6 +126,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Distributed Replicated Block Device, a distributed storage system for Linux (userspace utilities)";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ryantm astro ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ryantm astro birkb ];
+    longDescription = ''
+       DRBD is a software-based, shared-nothing, replicated storage solution
+       mirroring the content of block devices (hard disks, partitions, logical volumes, and so on) between hosts.
+    '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e2a2edba2584..658be7616011 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27230,7 +27230,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dmraid = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dmraid { lvm2 = lvm2_dmeventd; };
 
-  drbd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/drbd { };
+  drbd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/drbd/utils.nix { };
 
   dropwatch = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dropwatch { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index 4ab227d9975a..307576e85687 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -574,6 +574,8 @@ in {
 
     hid-tmff2 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/hid-tmff2 { };
 
+    drbd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/drbd/driver.nix { };
+
   } // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
     ati_drivers_x11 = throw "ati drivers are no longer supported by any kernel >=4.1"; # added 2021-05-18;
     hid-nintendo = throw "hid-nintendo was added in mainline kernel version 5.16"; # Added 2023-07-30