diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index a46448b9437..2cb2b045e2f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@
   ./services/networking/smokeping.nix
   ./services/networking/softether.nix
   ./services/networking/spiped.nix
+  ./services/networking/squid.nix
   ./services/networking/sslh.nix
   ./services/networking/ssh/lshd.nix
   ./services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/squid.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/squid.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b220c21b604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/squid.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.squid;
+
+
+  squidConfig = pkgs.writeText "squid.conf"
+    (if cfg.configText != null then cfg.configText else
+    ''
+    #
+    # Recommended minimum configuration (3.5):
+    #
+
+    # Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
+    # Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
+    # should be allowed
+    acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8     # RFC 1918 possible internal network
+    acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12  # RFC 1918 possible internal network
+    acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC 1918 possible internal network
+    acl localnet src 169.254.0.0/16 # RFC 3927 link-local (directly plugged) machines
+    acl localnet src fc00::/7       # RFC 4193 local private network range
+    acl localnet src fe80::/10      # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
+
+    acl SSL_ports port 443          # https
+    acl Safe_ports port 80          # http
+    acl Safe_ports port 21          # ftp
+    acl Safe_ports port 443         # https
+    acl Safe_ports port 70          # gopher
+    acl Safe_ports port 210         # wais
+    acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535  # unregistered ports
+    acl Safe_ports port 280         # http-mgmt
+    acl Safe_ports port 488         # gss-http
+    acl Safe_ports port 591         # filemaker
+    acl Safe_ports port 777         # multiling http
+    acl CONNECT method CONNECT
+
+    #
+    # Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
+    #
+    # Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
+    http_access deny !Safe_ports
+
+    # Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
+    http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
+
+    # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
+    http_access allow localhost manager
+    http_access deny manager
+
+    # We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
+    # web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
+    # one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
+    http_access deny to_localhost
+
+    # Application logs to syslog, access and store logs have specific files
+    cache_log       syslog
+    access_log      stdio:/var/log/squid/access.log
+    cache_store_log stdio:/var/log/squid/store.log
+
+    # Required by systemd service
+    pid_filename    /run/squid.pid
+
+    # Run as user and group squid
+    cache_effective_user squid squid
+
+    #
+    # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
+    #
+    ${cfg.extraConfig}
+
+    # Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
+    # Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
+    # from where browsing should be allowed
+    http_access allow localnet
+    http_access allow localhost
+
+    # And finally deny all other access to this proxy
+    http_access deny all
+
+    # Squid normally listens to port 3128
+    http_port ${toString cfg.proxyPort}
+
+    # Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
+    coredump_dir /var/cache/squid
+
+    #
+    # Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
+    #
+    refresh_pattern ^ftp:           1440    20%     10080
+    refresh_pattern ^gopher:        1440    0%      1440
+    refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0     0%      0
+    refresh_pattern .               0       20%     4320
+  '');
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.squid = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether to run squid web proxy.";
+      };
+
+      proxyPort = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 3128;
+        description = "TCP port on which squid will listen.";
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = ''
+          Squid configuration. Contents will be added
+          verbatim to the configuration file.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      configText = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.lines;
+        default = null;
+        description = ''
+          Verbatim contents of squid.conf. If null (default), use the
+          autogenerated file from NixOS instead.
+        '';
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    users.users.squid = {
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group = "squid";
+      home = "/var/cache/squid";
+      createHome = true;
+    };
+
+    users.groups.squid = {};
+
+    systemd.services.squid = {
+      description = "Squid caching web proxy";
+      after = [ "network.target" "nss-lookup.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target"];
+      preStart = ''
+        mkdir -p "/var/log/squid"
+        chown squid:squid "/var/log/squid"
+      '';
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type="forking";
+        PIDFile="/run/squid.pid";
+        PermissionsStartOnly = true;
+        ExecStart  = "${pkgs.squid}/bin/squid -YCs -f ${squidConfig}";
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+}
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