diff --git a/modules/list.nix b/modules/list.nix
index ee8934a9..f517734b 100644
--- a/modules/list.nix
+++ b/modules/list.nix
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-[ ./services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix ./security/mitigations.nix ]
+[
+  ./services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix
+  ./security/mitigations.nix
+  ./services/hardware/wii-u-gc-adapter.nix
+  ./services/games/gamemode.nix
+]
diff --git a/modules/services/games/gamemode.nix b/modules/services/games/gamemode.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90d9bcf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/games/gamemode.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ config, lib, options, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let cfg = config.services.gamemode;
+in {
+  options.services.gamemode = {
+    enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to enable the gamemoded systemd user service.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.gamemode ];
+
+    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.gamemode ];
+
+    systemd.user.services.gamemoded = {
+      description = "gamemoded";
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "dbus";
+        BusName = "com.feralinteractive.GameMode";
+        NotifyAccess = "main";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.gamemode}/bin/gamemoded";
+      };
+
+      wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      partOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index d4fe75e7..4bc8911f 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ final: prev: {
   purs = prev.callPackage ./shells/zsh/purs { };
   pure = prev.callPackage ./shells/zsh/pure { };
   wii-u-gc-adapter = prev.callPackage ./misc/drivers/wii-u-gc-adapter { };
+  libinih = prev.callPackage ./development/libraries/libinih { };
+  gamemode = prev.callPackage ./os-specific/linux/gamemode { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinih/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinih/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9e31ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinih/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, meson, ninja, fetchFromGitHub, ... }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libinih";
+  version = "r50";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "benhoyt";
+    repo = "inih";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-GF+TVEysaXJxSBBjMsTr2IQvRKlzdEu3rlPQ88PE3nI=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ meson ninja ];
+
+  mesonFlags = ''
+    -Ddefault_library=shared
+    -Ddistro_install=true
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gamemode/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gamemode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4375472c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/gamemode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, appstream, meson, ninja, pkgsi686Linux, polkit, pkgconfig, systemd
+, dbus, libinih, fetchFromGitHub, ... }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gamemode";
+  version = "1.5.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "FeralInteractive";
+    repo = "gamemode";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-x3VM7HJL4+zLDBdCm0ekc0UX33lrRWlOieJjihhA5L4=";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace daemon/gamemode-tests.c --replace "/usr/bin/gamemoderun" $out/bin/gamemoderun
+    substituteInPlace daemon/gamemode-gpu.c --replace "/usr/bin/pkexec" ${polkit}/bin/pkexec
+    substituteInPlace daemon/gamemode-context.c --replace "/usr/bin/pkexec" ${polkit}/bin/pkexec
+    substituteInPlace lib/gamemode_client.h --replace 'dlopen("' 'dlopen("${
+      placeholder "out"
+    }/lib/'
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig systemd dbus libinih ];
+
+  mesonFlags = ''
+    -Dwith-util=false
+    -Dwith-examples=false
+    -Dwith-systemd-user-unit-dir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user
+  '';
+
+}
diff --git a/profiles/games/default.nix b/profiles/games/default.nix
index da7818e5..faaa272d 100644
--- a/profiles/games/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/games/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 { unstablePkgs, ... }: {
-  imports = [
-    ../graphical
-    ./udev.nix
-    ../../modules/services/hardware/wii-u-gc-adapter.nix
-  ];
+  imports = [ ../graphical ./udev.nix ];
   environment.systemPackages = with unstablePkgs; [
     retroarchBare
     steam
@@ -14,6 +10,8 @@
 
   services.wii-u-gc-adapter.enable = true;
 
+  services.gamemode.enable = true;
+
   # fps games on laptop need this
   services.xserver.libinput.disableWhileTyping = false;