diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 0c930eb2eb0..7c3930afa52 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@
   ./services/networking/connman.nix
   ./services/networking/consul.nix
   ./services/networking/coturn.nix
+  ./services/networking/dante.nix
   ./services/networking/ddclient.nix
   ./services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
   ./services/networking/dhcpd.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dante.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dante.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f4e15223ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dante.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.dante;
+  confFile = pkgs.writeText "dante-sockd.conf" ''
+    user.privileged: root
+    user.unprivileged: dante
+
+    ${cfg.config}
+  '';
+in
+
+{
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ arobyn ];
+  };
+
+  options = {
+    services.dante = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Dante SOCKS proxy";
+
+      config = mkOption {
+        default     = null;
+        type        = types.str;
+        description = ''
+          Contents of Dante's configuration file
+          NOTE: user.privileged/user.unprivileged are set by the service
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = [
+      { assertion   = cfg.config != null;
+        message     = "please provide Dante configuration file contents";
+      }
+    ];
+
+    users.users.dante = {
+      description   = "Dante SOCKS proxy daemon user";
+      isSystemUser  = true;
+      group         = "dante";
+    };
+    users.groups.dante = {};
+
+    systemd.services.dante = {
+      description   = "Dante SOCKS v4 and v5 compatible proxy server";
+      after         = [ "network.target" ];
+      wantedBy      = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type        = "simple";
+        ExecStart   = "${pkgs.dante}/bin/sockd -f ${confFile}";
+        ExecReload  = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
+        Restart     = "always";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}