diff --git a/sets/buildMachines.nix b/sets/buildMachines.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d69717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sets/buildMachines.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+
+{
+  nix = {
+    buildMachines = [
+      {
+        hostName = "starlight";
+        supportedFeatures = [ "kvm" "big-parallel" "benchmark" "nixos-text" ];
+        system = "x86_64-linux";
+        maxJobs = 2;
+      }
+    ];
+    distributedBuilds = true;
+    extraOptions = ''
+      builders-use-substitutes = true
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/system/rainbowdash/default.nix b/system/rainbowdash/default.nix
index 2ad74f9..9888638 100644
--- a/system/rainbowdash/default.nix
+++ b/system/rainbowdash/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
     ../../sets/cpu/intel.nix
     ../../sets/gpu/intel.nix
+    ../../sets/buildMachines.nix
     ../../sets/hacking.nix
     ../../sets/laptop.nix
     ../../sets/neovim