diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index d182359b5cf..6333baf1d6c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
   ./services/networking/bind.nix
   ./services/networking/bitlbee.nix
   ./services/networking/btsync.nix
+  ./services/networking/charybdis.nix
   ./services/networking/chrony.nix
   ./services/networking/cjdns.nix
   ./services/networking/cntlm.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91729ebd60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  inherit (lib) mkEnableOption mkIf mkOption singleton types;
+  inherit (pkgs) coreutils charybdis;
+  cfg = config.services.charybdis;
+
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "charybdis.conf" ''
+    ${cfg.config}
+  '';
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.charybdis = {
+
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Charybdis IRC daemon";
+
+      config = mkOption {
+        type = types.string;
+        description = ''
+          Charybdis IRC daemon configuration file.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      statedir = mkOption {
+        type = types.string;
+        default = "/var/lib/charybdis";
+        description = ''
+          Location of the state directory of charybdis.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      user = mkOption {
+        type = types.string;
+        default = "ircd";
+        description = ''
+          Charybdis IRC daemon user.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      group = mkOption {
+        type = types.string;
+        default = "ircd";
+        description = ''
+          Charybdis IRC daemon group.
+        '';
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    users.extraUsers = singleton {
+      name = cfg.user;
+      description = "Charybdis IRC daemon user";
+      uid = config.ids.uids.ircd;
+      group = cfg.group;
+    };
+
+    users.extraGroups = singleton {
+      name = cfg.group;
+      gid = config.ids.gids.ircd;
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.charybdis = {
+      description = "Charybdis IRC daemon";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      environment = {
+        BANDB_DBPATH = "${cfg.statedir}/ban.db";
+      };
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart   = "${charybdis}/bin/charybdis-ircd -foreground -logfile /dev/stdout -configfile ${configFile}";
+        Group = cfg.group;
+        User = cfg.user;
+        PermissionsStartOnly = true; # preStart needs to run with root permissions
+      };
+      preStart = ''
+        if ! test -d /var/lib/charybdis; then
+          ${coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p ${cfg.statedir}
+          ${coreutils}/bin/chown ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${cfg.statedir}
+        fi
+      '';
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+}