diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index f64f2dbb2cb..8227be3ee13 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@
   ./services/networking/atftpd.nix
   ./services/networking/avahi-daemon.nix
   ./services/networking/babeld.nix
+  ./services/networking/bee.nix
   ./services/networking/biboumi.nix
   ./services/networking/bind.nix
   ./services/networking/bitcoind.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bee.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bee.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a77ce23ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bee.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+let
+  cfg = config.services.bee;
+  format = pkgs.formats.yaml {};
+  configFile = format.generate "bee.yaml" cfg.settings;
+in {
+  meta = {
+    # doc = ./bee.xml;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ attila-lendvai ];
+  };
+
+  ### interface
+
+  options = {
+    services.bee = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Ethereum Swarm Bee";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.bee;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.bee";
+        example = "pkgs.bee-unstable";
+        description = "The package providing the bee binary for the service.";
+      };
+
+      settings = mkOption {
+        type = format.type;
+        description = ''
+          Ethereum Swarm Bee configuration. Refer to
+          <link xlink:href="https://gateway.ethswarm.org/bzz/docs.swarm.eth/docs/installation/configuration/"/>
+          for details on supported values.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      daemonNiceLevel = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 0;
+        description = ''
+          Daemon process priority for bee.
+          0 is the default Unix process priority, 19 is the lowest.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      user = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "bee";
+        description = ''
+          User the bee binary should execute under.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      group = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "bee";
+        description = ''
+          Group the bee binary should execute under.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  ### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = [
+      { assertion = (hasAttr "password" cfg.settings) != true;
+        message = ''
+          `services.bee.settings.password` is insecure. Use `services.bee.settings.password-file` or `systemd.services.bee.serviceConfig.EnvironmentFile` instead.
+        '';
+      }
+      { assertion = (hasAttr "swap-endpoint" cfg.settings) || (cfg.settings.swap-enable or true == false);
+        message = ''
+          In a swap-enabled network a working Ethereum blockchain node is required. You must specify one using `services.bee.settings.swap-endpoint`, or disable `services.bee.settings.swap-enable` = false.
+        '';
+      }
+    ];
+
+    warnings = optional (! config.services.bee-clef.enable) "The bee service requires an external signer. Consider setting `config.services.bee-clef.enable` = true";
+
+    services.bee.settings = {
+      data-dir             = lib.mkDefault "/var/lib/bee";
+      password-file        = lib.mkDefault "/var/lib/bee/password";
+      clef-signer-enable   = lib.mkDefault true;
+      clef-signer-endpoint = lib.mkDefault "/var/lib/bee-clef/clef.ipc";
+      swap-endpoint        = lib.mkDefault "https://rpc.slock.it/goerli";
+    };
+
+    systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ]; # include the upstream bee.service file
+
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d '${cfg.settings.data-dir}' 0750 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group}"
+    ];
+
+    systemd.services.bee = {
+      requires = optional config.services.bee-clef.enable
+        "bee-clef.service";
+
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Nice = cfg.daemonNiceLevel;
+        User = cfg.user;
+        Group = cfg.group;
+        ExecStart = [
+          "" # this hides/overrides what's in the original entry
+          "${cfg.package}/bin/bee --config=${configFile} start"
+        ];
+      };
+
+      preStart = with cfg.settings; ''
+        if ! test -f ${password-file}; then
+          < /dev/urandom tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 2> /dev/null | head -c32 > ${password-file}
+          chmod 0600 ${password-file}
+          echo "Initialized ${password-file} from /dev/urandom"
+        fi
+        if [ ! -f ${data-dir}/keys/libp2p.key ]; then
+          ${cfg.package}/bin/bee init --config=${configFile} >/dev/null
+          echo "
+Logs:   journalctl -f -u bee.service
+
+Bee has SWAP enabled by default and it needs ethereum endpoint to operate.
+It is recommended to use external signer with bee.
+Check documentation for more info:
+- SWAP https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/installation/manual#swap-bandwidth-incentives
+- External signer https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/installation/bee-clef
+
+After you finish configuration run 'sudo bee-get-addr'."
+        fi
+      '';
+    };
+
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "bee") {
+      bee = {
+        group = cfg.group;
+        home = cfg.settings.data-dir;
+        isSystemUser = true;
+        description = "Daemon user for Ethereum Swarm Bee";
+        extraGroups = optional config.services.bee-clef.enable
+          config.services.bee-clef.group;
+      };
+    };
+
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "bee") {
+      bee = {};
+    };
+  };
+}