diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index f5c1fb1..e57a2ff 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -69,12 +69,29 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-unstable-small": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1622099353,
+        "narHash": "sha256-lDLpmiMDt8Su3fjxeaSyh7aWmiQg1rtcPOC+sAIvhro=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a48d4bf159076106895df685e879aff235bcbff3",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable-small",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "emacs-overlay": "emacs-overlay",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable"
+        "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "nixpkgs-unstable-small": "nixpkgs-unstable-small"
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index cf36ae3..ef0abb1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
       ref = "nixos-unstable";
     };
 
+    nixpkgs-unstable-small = {
+      type = "github";
+      owner = "NixOS";
+      repo = "nixpkgs";
+      ref = "nixos-unstable-small";
+    };
+
     emacs-overlay = {
       type = "github";
       owner = "nix-community";
@@ -31,7 +38,12 @@
     };
   };
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixpkgs-unstable, emacs-overlay, home-manager }: {
+  outputs = { self,
+              nixpkgs,
+              nixpkgs-unstable,
+              nixpkgs-unstable-small,
+              emacs-overlay,
+              home-manager }: {
     nixosConfigurations.poseidon = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem rec {
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       modules =
@@ -91,6 +103,11 @@
 
               (self: super: {
                 packages = import ./pkgs { pkgs = super; };
+
+                unstable-small = import nixpkgs-unstable-small {
+                  inherit system;
+                  config.allowUnfree = true;
+                };
               })
 
               # uncomment this to build everything from scratch, fun but takes a