diff --git a/modules/config/use-package/packages.el b/modules/config/use-package/packages.el
index 65ac3a41b..fe97ba60f 100644
--- a/modules/config/use-package/packages.el
+++ b/modules/config/use-package/packages.el
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 ;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
 ;;; core/use-package/packages.el
 
+(package! bind-key
+  ;; HACK: bind-key-pkg.el in the emacs-straight mirror tries to set the mode to
+  ;;   lisp-data-mode, which doesn't exist prior to Emacs 28.x, so bind-key will
+  ;;   fail to build for those users. Until we drop 27.x support, we omit it.
+  :recipe (:files ("bind-key.el"))
+  :pin "aa22c8c3c740c2f306509b9c37d9511cfa41b612")
+
 (package! use-package :pin "bbfe01bdf15eeb61babffd1c5b6facd3d2ce3630")