diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
index 839d75b53bd1..3cef0fb1c1d9 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@
      make sure to update your configuration if you want to keep <literal>proglodyte-wasm</literal>
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     Package <literal>ckb</literal> is renamed to <literal>ckb-next</literal>,
+     and options <literal>hardware.ckb.*</literal> are renamed to
+     <literal>hardware.ckb-next.*</literal>.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/ckb.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/ckb-next.nix
similarity index 66%
rename from nixos/modules/hardware/ckb.nix
rename to nixos/modules/hardware/ckb-next.nix
index 8c0cdbd24d47..0316d7cf4119 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/ckb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/ckb-next.nix
@@ -3,17 +3,22 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  cfg = config.hardware.ckb;
+  cfg = config.hardware.ckb-next;
 
 in
   {
-    options.hardware.ckb = {
+    imports = [
+      (mkRenamedOptionModule ["hardware" "ckb" "enable"] ["hardware" "ckb-next" "enable"])
+      (mkRenamedOptionModule ["hardware" "ckb" "package"] ["hardware" "ckb-next" "package"])
+    ];
+
+    options.hardware.ckb-next = {
       enable = mkEnableOption "the Corsair keyboard/mouse driver";
 
       package = mkOption {
         type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.ckb;
-        defaultText = "pkgs.ckb";
+        default = pkgs.ckb-next;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.ckb-next";
         description = ''
           The package implementing the Corsair keyboard/mouse driver.
         '';
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ in
     config = mkIf cfg.enable {
       environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-      systemd.services.ckb = {
+      systemd.services.ckb-next = {
         description = "Corsair Keyboards and Mice Daemon";
         wantedBy = ["multi-user.target"];
         script = "${cfg.package}/bin/ckb-next-daemon";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index fb6b4262568e..5158fcac492a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   ./config/zram.nix
   ./hardware/all-firmware.nix
   ./hardware/brightnessctl.nix
-  ./hardware/ckb.nix
+  ./hardware/ckb-next.nix
   ./hardware/cpu/amd-microcode.nix
   ./hardware/cpu/intel-microcode.nix
   ./hardware/digitalbitbox.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/ckb-modprobe.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/ckb-modprobe.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/ckb-modprobe.patch
rename to pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/ckb-modprobe.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/install-dirs.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/install-dirs.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/install-dirs.patch
rename to pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/install-dirs.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/systemd-service.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/systemd-service.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/tools/misc/ckb/systemd-service.patch
rename to pkgs/tools/misc/ckb-next/systemd-service.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a0f611dd9611..728fd6b71b83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   cantarell_fonts = cantarell-fonts; # added 2018-03-03
   checkbashism = checkbashisms; # added 2016-08-16
   cifs_utils = cifs-utils; # added 2016-08
+  ckb = ckb-next; # added 2018-10-21
   clangAnalyzer = clang-analyzer;  # added 2015-02-20
   clawsMail = claws-mail; # added 2016-04-29
   clutter_gtk = clutter-gtk; # added 2018-02-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cfbc6687f9d1..0f3c36d00f02 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   checkbashisms = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/checkbashisms { };
 
-  ckb = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/ckb { };
+  ckb-next = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/ckb-next { };
 
   clamav = callPackage ../tools/security/clamav { };