diff --git a/hosts/nixos/sopp/binfmt.nix b/hosts/nixos/sopp/binfmt.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9de71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/nixos/sopp/binfmt.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,372 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib) mkOption mkDefault types optionalString;
+
+  cfg = config.boot.binfmt;
+
+  makeBinfmtLine = name: { recognitionType, offset, magicOrExtension
+                         , mask, preserveArgvZero, openBinary
+                         , matchCredentials, fixBinary, ...
+                         }: let
+    type = if recognitionType == "magic" then "M" else "E";
+    offset' = toString offset;
+    mask' = toString mask;
+    interpreter = "/run/binfmt/${name}";
+    flags = if !(matchCredentials -> openBinary)
+              then throw "boot.binfmt.registrations.${name}: you can't specify openBinary = false when matchCredentials = true."
+            else optionalString preserveArgvZero "P" +
+                 optionalString (openBinary && !matchCredentials) "O" +
+                 optionalString matchCredentials "C" +
+                 optionalString fixBinary "F";
+  in ":${name}:${type}:${offset'}:${magicOrExtension}:${mask'}:${interpreter}:${flags}";
+
+  mkInterpreter = name: { interpreter, wrapInterpreterInShell, ... }:
+    if wrapInterpreterInShell
+    then pkgs.writeShellScript "${name}-interpreter" ''
+           #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh
+           exec -- ${interpreter} "$@"
+         ''
+    else interpreter;
+
+
+  # Mapping of systems to “magicOrExtension” and “mask”. Mostly taken from:
+  # - https://github.com/cleverca22/nixos-configs/blob/master/qemu.nix
+  # and
+  # - https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/master/scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh
+  # TODO: maybe put these in a JSON file?
+  magics = {
+    armv6l-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x28\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    armv7l-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x28\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    aarch64-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\xb7\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    aarch64_be-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\xb7'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    i386-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x03\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xfe\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    i486-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x06\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xfe\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    i586-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x06\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xfe\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    i686-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x06\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xfe\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    x86_64-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x3e\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xfe\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    alpha-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x26\x90'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xfe\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    sparc64-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x02'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    sparc-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x12'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    powerpc-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x14'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    powerpc64-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x15'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    powerpc64le-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x15\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\x00'';
+    };
+    mips-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20'';
+    };
+    mipsel-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20\x00\x00\x00'';
+    };
+    mips64-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    mips64el-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    mips64-linuxabin32 = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20'';
+    };
+    mips64el-linuxabin32 = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x08\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20\x00\x00\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x20\x00\x00\x00'';
+    };
+    riscv32-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\xf3\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    riscv64-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\xf3\x00'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    loongarch64-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x02\x01'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfc\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    wasm32-wasi = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x00asm'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    wasm64-wasi = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x00asm'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    s390x-linux = {
+      magicOrExtension = ''\x7fELF\x02\x02\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x16'';
+      mask = ''\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff'';
+    };
+    x86_64-windows.magicOrExtension = "MZ";
+    i686-windows.magicOrExtension = "MZ";
+  };
+
+in {
+  imports = [
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "binfmtMiscRegistrations" ] [ "boot" "binfmt" "registrations" ])
+  ];
+
+  options = {
+    boot.binfmt = {
+      registrations = mkOption {
+        default = {};
+
+        description = ''
+          Extra binary formats to register with the kernel.
+          See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.html for more details.
+        '';
+
+        type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule ({ config, ... }: {
+          options = {
+            recognitionType = mkOption {
+              default = "magic";
+              description = "Whether to recognize executables by magic number or extension.";
+              type = types.enum [ "magic" "extension" ];
+            };
+
+            offset = mkOption {
+              default = null;
+              description = "The byte offset of the magic number used for recognition.";
+              type = types.nullOr types.int;
+            };
+
+            magicOrExtension = mkOption {
+              description = "The magic number or extension to match on.";
+              type = types.str;
+            };
+
+            mask = mkOption {
+              default = null;
+              description = "A mask to be ANDed with the byte sequence of the file before matching";
+              type = types.nullOr types.str;
+            };
+
+            interpreter = mkOption {
+              description = ''
+                The interpreter to invoke to run the program.
+
+                Note that the actual registration will point to
+                /run/binfmt/''${name}, so the kernel interpreter length
+                limit doesn't apply.
+              '';
+              type = types.path;
+            };
+
+            preserveArgvZero = mkOption {
+              default = false;
+              description = ''
+                Whether to pass the original argv[0] to the interpreter.
+
+                See the description of the 'P' flag in the kernel docs
+                for more details;
+              '';
+              type = types.bool;
+            };
+
+            openBinary = mkOption {
+              default = config.matchCredentials;
+              description = ''
+                Whether to pass the binary to the interpreter as an open
+                file descriptor, instead of a path.
+              '';
+              type = types.bool;
+            };
+
+            matchCredentials = mkOption {
+              default = false;
+              description = ''
+                Whether to launch with the credentials and security
+                token of the binary, not the interpreter (e.g. setuid
+                bit).
+
+                See the description of the 'C' flag in the kernel docs
+                for more details.
+
+                Implies/requires openBinary = true.
+              '';
+              type = types.bool;
+            };
+
+            fixBinary = mkOption {
+              default = false;
+              description = ''
+                Whether to open the interpreter file as soon as the
+                registration is loaded, rather than waiting for a
+                relevant file to be invoked.
+
+                See the description of the 'F' flag in the kernel docs
+                for more details.
+              '';
+              type = types.bool;
+            };
+
+            wrapInterpreterInShell = mkOption {
+              default = true;
+              description = ''
+                Whether to wrap the interpreter in a shell script.
+
+                This allows a shell command to be set as the interpreter.
+              '';
+              type = types.bool;
+            };
+
+            interpreterSandboxPath = mkOption {
+              internal = true;
+              default = null;
+              description = ''
+                Path of the interpreter to expose in the build sandbox.
+              '';
+              type = types.nullOr types.path;
+            };
+          };
+        }));
+      };
+
+      emulatedSystems = mkOption {
+        default = [];
+        example = [ "wasm32-wasi" "x86_64-windows" "aarch64-linux" ];
+        description = ''
+          List of systems to emulate. Will also configure Nix to
+          support your new systems.
+          Warning: the builder can execute all emulated systems within the same build, which introduces impurities in the case of cross compilation.
+        '';
+        type = types.listOf (types.enum (builtins.attrNames magics));
+      };
+
+      addEmulatedSystemsToNixSandbox = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        example = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to add the {option}`boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems` to {option}`nix.settings.extra-platforms`.
+          Disable this to use remote builders for those platforms, while allowing testing binaries locally.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      preferStaticEmulators = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to use static emulators when available.
+
+          This enables the kernel to preload the emulator binaries when
+          the binfmt registrations are added, obviating the need to make
+          the emulator binaries available inside chroots and chroot-like
+          sandboxes.
+        '';
+        type = types.bool;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    assertions = lib.mapAttrsToList (name: reg: {
+      assertion = reg.fixBinary -> !reg.wrapInterpreterInShell;
+      message = "boot.binfmt.registrations.\"${name}\" cannot have fixBinary when the interpreter is invoked through a shell.";
+    }) cfg.registrations;
+
+    boot.binfmt.registrations = builtins.listToAttrs (map (system: assert system != pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system; {
+      name = system;
+      value = { config, ... }: let
+        elaborated = lib.systems.elaborate { inherit system; };
+        useStaticEmulator = cfg.preferStaticEmulators && elaborated.staticEmulatorAvailable pkgs;
+        interpreter = elaborated.emulator (if useStaticEmulator then pkgs.pkgsStatic else pkgs);
+
+        inherit (elaborated) qemuArch;
+        isQemu = "qemu-${qemuArch}" == baseNameOf interpreter;
+
+        interpreterReg = let
+          wrapperName = "qemu-${qemuArch}-binfmt-P";
+          wrapper = pkgs.wrapQemuBinfmtP wrapperName interpreter;
+        in
+          if isQemu && !useStaticEmulator then "${wrapper}/bin/${wrapperName}"
+          else interpreter;
+      in ({
+        preserveArgvZero = mkDefault isQemu;
+
+        interpreter = mkDefault interpreterReg;
+        fixBinary = mkDefault useStaticEmulator;
+        wrapInterpreterInShell = mkDefault (!config.preserveArgvZero && !config.fixBinary);
+        interpreterSandboxPath = mkDefault (dirOf (dirOf config.interpreter));
+      } // (magics.${system} or (throw "Cannot create binfmt registration for system ${system}")));
+    }) cfg.emulatedSystems);
+    nix.settings = lib.mkIf (cfg.addEmulatedSystemsToNixSandbox && cfg.emulatedSystems != []) {
+      extra-platforms = cfg.emulatedSystems ++ lib.optional pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 "i686-linux";
+      extra-sandbox-paths = let
+        ruleFor = system: cfg.registrations.${system};
+        hasWrappedRule = lib.any (system: (ruleFor system).wrapInterpreterInShell) cfg.emulatedSystems;
+      in [ "/run/binfmt" ]
+        ++ lib.optional hasWrappedRule "${pkgs.bash}"
+        ++ (map (system: (ruleFor system).interpreterSandboxPath) cfg.emulatedSystems);
+    };
+
+    environment.etc."binfmt.d/nixos.conf".source = builtins.toFile "binfmt_nixos.conf"
+      (lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList makeBinfmtLine config.boot.binfmt.registrations));
+
+    systemd = lib.mkMerge [
+      ({ tmpfiles.rules = [
+          "d /run/binfmt 0755 -"
+        ] ++ lib.mapAttrsToList
+          (name: interpreter:
+            "L+ /run/binfmt/${name} - - - - ${interpreter}"
+          )
+          (lib.mapAttrs mkInterpreter config.boot.binfmt.registrations);
+      })
+
+      (lib.mkIf (config.boot.binfmt.registrations != {}) {
+        additionalUpstreamSystemUnits = [
+          "proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount"
+          "proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount"
+          "systemd-binfmt.service"
+        ];
+        services.systemd-binfmt.after = [ "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service" ];
+        services.systemd-binfmt.restartTriggers = [ (builtins.toJSON config.boot.binfmt.registrations) ];
+      })
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/hosts/nixos/sopp/configuration.nix b/hosts/nixos/sopp/configuration.nix
index 621d6c9..fdcb7ee 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos/sopp/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos/sopp/configuration.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, lib, modulesPath, ... }:
+
 {
   # Bootloader
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
 
+  # for testing only, not for building
+  # (from ./binfmt.nix)
+  boot.binfmt.addEmulatedSystemsToNixSandbox = false;
+  boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [
+    "aarch64-linux"
+    "armv7l-linux"
+    "riscv64-linux"
+  ];
+  #nix.settings.system = "x86_64-linux";
+  #nix.settings.extra-platforms = [ "i686-linux" ];
+
   boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.swappiness" = lib.mkDefault 10; # 0-100, commonly 60
   boot.kernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" ]; # add driver to stage-1 to make the usb dock not prevent boot - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/171625#issuecomment-2068283656
 
@@ -26,6 +38,12 @@
   #hardware.nvidia.prime.nvidiaBusId = "PCI:1:00:0";
 
   imports = [
+    {
+        /* disabledModules = [ "${modulesPath}/nixos/modules/system/boot/binfmt.nix" ]; */
+        disabledModules = [ "system/boot/binfmt.nix" ];
+        imports = [ ./binfmt.nix ];
+    }
+
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
     ../../../profiles/sshd.nix
     ../../../profiles/no-suspend.nix