diff --git a/hosts/server7/configuration.nix b/hosts/server7/configuration.nix
index 7e6fdf30..57a4193f 100644
--- a/hosts/server7/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/server7/configuration.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ in {
     extraOptions = "experimental-features = nix-command flakes ca-references";
     gc.automatic = true;
     distributedBuilds = true;
+    buildMachines = [
+      {
+        hostName = "localhost";
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        supportedFeatures = [ "kvm" "nixos-test" "big-parallel" "benchmark" ];
+        maxJobs = 8;
+      }
+      {
+        hostName = "hydra.hq";
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        sshUser = "buildfarmer";
+        sshKey = "/etc/hydra.id_ed25519"; # shit is dumb
+      }
+    ];
   };
 
   virtualisation.docker.enable = true;