diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index 439c306..bf369b5 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from os.path import join
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from bundlewrap.metadata import atomic
+
 for node in Path(join(repo_path, "nodes")).rglob("*.py"):
     with open(node, 'r') as f:
         exec(f.read())
diff --git a/nodes/home/router.py b/nodes/home/router.py
index e445be6..8f9d098 100644
--- a/nodes/home/router.py
+++ b/nodes/home/router.py
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ nodes['home.router'] = {
                 'snmp': {},
                 'snmp-mibs-downloader': {},
             },
+
+            # XXX remove this once nginx.org has packages for debian bullseye
+            'repos': {
+                'nginx': {
+                    'items': atomic({
+                        'deb http://nginx.org/packages/debian buster nginx',
+                    }),
+                },
+            },
         },
         'backups': {
             'exclude_from_backups': True,