diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index a61cbbea469..526bd67195e 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
   ./services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
   ./services/x11/display-managers/kdm.nix
   ./services/x11/display-managers/slim.nix
+  ./services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
   ./services/x11/hardware/multitouch.nix
   ./services/x11/hardware/synaptics.nix
   ./services/x11/hardware/wacom.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix b/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
index 84aa899fdcd..6f1d7202be3 100644
--- a/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ in
 
 {
 
-  imports = [ ./kdm.nix ./slim.nix ];
+  imports = [ ./kdm.nix ./slim.nix ./lightdm.nix ];
 
 
   options = {
diff --git a/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix b/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2930d47dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+
+  dmcfg = config.services.xserver.displayManager;
+  cfg = dmcfg.lightdm;
+
+  inherit (pkgs) stdenv lightdm writeScript writeText;
+
+  # lightdm runs with clearenv(), but we need a few things in the enviornment for X to startup
+  xserverWrapper = writeScript "xserver-wrapper"
+    ''
+      #! /bin/sh
+      export XORG_DRI_DRIVER_PATH="${pkgs.mesa}/lib/dri"
+      export XKB_BINDIR="${pkgs.xorg.xkbcomp}/bin"
+      exec ${dmcfg.xserverBin} ${dmcfg.xserverArgs}
+    '';
+
+  # The default greeter provided with this expression is the GTK greeter.
+  # Again, we need a few things in the environment for the greeter to run with
+  # fonts/icons.
+  wrappedGtkGreeter = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "lightdm-gtk-greeter";
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+
+    buildCommand = ''
+      ensureDir $out/gtk-3.0/
+
+      # This wrapper ensures that we actually get fonts
+      makeWrapper ${pkgs.lightdm_gtk_greeter}/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter \
+        $out/greeter \
+        --set XDG_DATA_DIRS ${pkgs.gnome2.gnome_icon_theme}/share \
+        --set FONTCONFIG_FILE /etc/fonts/fonts.conf \
+        --set XDG_CONFIG_HOME $out/
+
+      # We need this to ensure that it actually tries to find icons from gnome-icon-theme
+      cat - > $out/gtk-3.0/settings.ini << EOF
+[Settings]
+gtk-icon-theme-name=gnome
+EOF
+
+      cat - > $out/lightdm-gtk-greeter.desktop << EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=LightDM Greeter
+Comment=This runs the LightDM Greeter
+Exec=$out/greeter
+Type=Application
+EOF
+      '';
+    };
+
+  lightdmConf = writeText "lightdm.conf"
+    ''
+    [LightDM]
+    greeter-user = ${config.users.extraUsers.lightdm.name}
+    xgreeters-directory = ${cfg.greeter.package}
+    xsessions-directory = ${dmcfg.session.desktops}
+
+    [SeatDefaults]
+    xserver-command = ${xserverWrapper}
+    session-wrapper = ${dmcfg.session.script}
+    greeter-session = ${cfg.greeter.name}
+    '';
+
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm = {
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable lightdm as the display manager.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      greeter = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          The LightDM greeter to login via. The package should be a directory
+          containing a .desktop file matching the name in the 'name' option.
+        '';
+        default = {
+          name = "lightdm-gtk-greeter";
+          package = wrappedGtkGreeter;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.xserver.displayManager.job = {
+      logsXsession = true;
+
+      # lightdm relaunches itself via just `lightdm`, so needs to be on the PATH
+      execCmd = ''
+        export PATH=${lightdm}/sbin:$PATH
+        ${lightdm}/sbin/lightdm --log-dir=/var/log --run-dir=/run --config=${lightdmConf}
+      '';
+    };
+
+    services.dbus.enable = true;
+    services.dbus.packages = [ lightdm ];
+
+    security.pam.services = [
+      { name = "lightdm"; allowNullPassword = true; startSession = true; }
+      { name = "lightdm-greeter"; allowNullPassword = true; startSession = true; }
+    ];
+
+    users.extraUsers.lightdm = {
+      createHome = true;
+      home = "/var/lib/lightdm";
+    };
+  };
+}