diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
index 72eb9fcfaa6..97accc7b99a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
@@ -5,36 +5,17 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-
-  drivers = config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
-
-  # FIXME: should introduce an option like
-  # ‘hardware.video.nvidia.package’ for overriding the default NVIDIA
-  # driver.
-  nvidiaForKernel = kernelPackages:
-    if elem "nvidia" drivers then
-        kernelPackages.nvidia_x11
-    else if elem "nvidiaBeta" drivers then
-        kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_beta
-    else if elem "nvidiaVulkanBeta" drivers then
-        kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_vulkan_beta
-    else if elem "nvidiaLegacy304" drivers then
-      kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy304
-    else if elem "nvidiaLegacy340" drivers then
-      kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy340
-    else if elem "nvidiaLegacy390" drivers then
-      kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy390
-    else null;
-
-  nvidia_x11 = nvidiaForKernel config.boot.kernelPackages;
-  nvidia_libs32 =
-    if versionOlder nvidia_x11.version "391" then
-      ((nvidiaForKernel pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.linuxPackages).override { libsOnly = true; kernel = null; }).out
-    else
-      (nvidiaForKernel config.boot.kernelPackages).lib32;
+  nvidia_x11 = let
+    drivers = config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
+    isDeprecated = str: (hasPrefix "nvidia" str) && (str != "nvidia");
+    hasDeprecated = drivers: any isDeprecated drivers;
+  in if (hasDeprecated drivers) then
+    throw ''
+      Selecting an nvidia driver has been modified for NixOS 19.03. The version is now set using `hardware.nvidia.package`.
+    ''
+  else if (elem "nvidia" drivers) then cfg.package else null;
 
   enabled = nvidia_x11 != null;
-
   cfg = config.hardware.nvidia;
 
   pCfg = cfg.prime;
@@ -170,6 +151,16 @@ in
         GPUs stay awake even during headless mode.
       '';
     };
+
+    hardware.nvidia.package = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.package;
+      default = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
+      defaultText = "config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable";
+      description = ''
+        The NVIDIA X11 derivation to use.
+      '';
+      example = "config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.legacy340";
+    };
   };
 
   config = let
@@ -271,9 +262,9 @@ in
     };
 
     hardware.opengl.package = mkIf (!offloadCfg.enable) nvidia_x11.out;
-    hardware.opengl.package32 = mkIf (!offloadCfg.enable) nvidia_libs32;
+    hardware.opengl.package32 = mkIf (!offloadCfg.enable) nvidia_x11.lib32;
     hardware.opengl.extraPackages = optional offloadCfg.enable nvidia_x11.out;
-    hardware.opengl.extraPackages32 = optional offloadCfg.enable nvidia_libs32;
+    hardware.opengl.extraPackages32 = optional offloadCfg.enable nvidia_x11.lib32;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ nvidia_x11.bin nvidia_x11.settings ]
       ++ optionals nvidiaPersistencedEnabled [ nvidia_x11.persistenced ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
index 50b724870d8..73799a421ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, callPackage, fetchpatch, fetchurl, stdenv }:
+{ lib, callPackage, fetchpatch, fetchurl, stdenv, pkgsi686Linux }:
 
 let
-
-generic = args:
-if ((!lib.versionOlder args.version "391")
+  generic = args: let
+    imported = import ./generic.nix args;
+  in if ((!lib.versionOlder args.version "391")
     && stdenv.hostPlatform.system != "x86_64-linux") then null
-  else callPackage (import ./generic.nix args) { };
+  else callPackage imported {
+    lib32 = (pkgsi686Linux.callPackage imported {
+      libsOnly = true;
+      kernel = null;
+    }).out;
+  };
+
   kernel = callPackage # a hacky way of extracting parameters from callPackage
     ({ kernel, libsOnly ? false }: if libsOnly then { } else kernel) { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
index 2543da74ca6..75453d955ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 , # don't include the bundled 32-bit libraries on 64-bit platforms,
   # even if it’s in downloaded binary
   disable32Bit ? false
+  # 32 bit libs only version of this package
+, lib32 ? null
 }:
 
 with lib;
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ let
       };
       persistenced = mapNullable (hash: callPackage (import ./persistenced.nix self hash) { }) persistencedSha256;
       inherit persistencedVersion settingsVersion;
+    } // optionalAttrs (!i686bundled) {
+      inherit lib32;
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {