diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/exfat.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/exfat.nix
index 1527f993fdd4..540b9b91c3ec 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/exfat.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/exfat.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ with lib;
 
 {
   config = mkIf (any (fs: fs == "exfat") config.boot.supportedFilesystems) {
-
-    system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.exfat ];
-
+    system.fsPackages = if config.boot.kernelPackages.kernelOlder "5.7" then [
+      pkgs.exfat # FUSE
+    ] else [
+      pkgs.exfatprogs # non-FUSE
+    ];
   };
 }