diff --git a/helpers/DATA/linux-meta/dkms-iwlwifi b/helpers/DATA/linux-meta/dkms-iwlwifi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1a63660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/DATA/linux-meta/dkms-iwlwifi
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+Package: linux-modules-iwlwifi-generic${variant:suffix}
+Architecture: amd64
+Section: kernel
+Provides: ${dkms:iwlwifi-modules}
+Depends:
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ linux-modules-${kernel-abi-version}-generic,
+Description: Transitional package for free iwlwifi modules (generic)
+ This is a transitional dummy package. In Trisquel, the deblobbed 
+ iwlwifi modules are now included directly in the standard 
+ linux-modules package. It is safe to remove this package.
diff --git a/helpers/make-linux b/helpers/make-linux
index 3a135dd2..94b6acc8 100644
--- a/helpers/make-linux
+++ b/helpers/make-linux
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Advice: fixes to 000-silent-accept-firmware.patch could speed up by testing changes
 # disabling deblob in order to apply changes.
 
-VERSION=35
+VERSION=36
 HWEKR=6.8
 DI_ENABLED=1
 HWE_ENABLED=0
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ done
 #sed '/do_dkms_wireguard/d' -i debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk
 #/bin/sed '/do_dkms_wireguard/d' -i $DEBIAN_PATH/rules.d/*
 
+# iwlwifi mods
+sed -i '/^Package: linux-modules-iwlwifi/,/^$/d' debian/control
+sed -i 's/^Package: linux-modules-\([0-9].*generic.*\)/Package: linux-modules-\1\nProvides: linux-modules-iwlwifi-\1/g' debian/control
+
 # Compile with less modules and avoid abi check
 echo -e 'skipmodule = true\nskipabi = true' | tee -a 	$DEBIAN_PATH/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk \
 							debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk
diff --git a/helpers/make-linux-meta b/helpers/make-linux-meta
index 0739c7c9..99878a34 100644
--- a/helpers/make-linux-meta
+++ b/helpers/make-linux-meta
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
+#    Copyright (C)      2026  Luis Guzman <ark@switnet.org>
 #    Copyright (C) 2017-2018  Ruben Rodriguez <ruben@trisquel.info>
 #
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=7
+VERSION=8
 . ./config
 
 sed 's/22.04/11.0/g' -i debian/control
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ sed 's/Linux/Linux-libre/g' -i debian/control ./debian/control.d/generic*
 sed 's/, intel-microcode \[amd64\]//; s/, amd64-microcode \[amd64\]//;' -i debian/control debian/control.d/generic
 sed '/dkms_wireguard_version/d' -i debian/rules
 
+# Add iwlwifi definition as dummy package
+cp $DATA/dkms-iwlwifi debian/control.d/dkms-iwlwifi
+
 changelog "Removed linux-firmware dependency, renamed release for Trisquel"
 
 package