diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index aafeb997c32..3d34fb973e7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
# kvm = 302; # unused
# render = 303; # unused
zeronet = 304;
+ lirc = 305;
# When adding a uid, make sure it doesn't match an existing gid. And don't use uids above 399!
@@ -618,6 +619,7 @@
kvm = 302; # default udev rules from systemd requires these
render = 303; # default udev rules from systemd requires these
zeronet = 304;
+ lirc = 305;
# When adding a gid, make sure it doesn't match an existing
# uid. Users and groups with the same name should have equal
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index f51a30aec2e..29813644356 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@
./services/hardware/interception-tools.nix
./services/hardware/irqbalance.nix
./services/hardware/lcd.nix
+ ./services/hardware/lirc.nix
./services/hardware/nvidia-optimus.nix
./services/hardware/pcscd.nix
./services/hardware/pommed.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/lirc.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/lirc.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a66a7fbf495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/lirc.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+ cfg = config.services.lirc;
+in {
+
+ ###### interface
+
+ options = {
+ services.lirc = {
+
+ enable = mkEnableOption "LIRC daemon";
+
+ options = mkOption {
+ type = types.lines;
+ example = ''
+ [lircd]
+ nodaemon = False
+ '';
+ description = "LIRC default options descriped in man:lircd(8) (lirc_options.conf)";
+ };
+
+ configs = mkOption {
+ type = types.listOf types.lines;
+ description = "Configurations for lircd to load, see man:lircd.conf(5) for details (lircd.conf)";
+ };
+
+ extraArguments = mkOption {
+ type = types.listOf types.str;
+ default = [];
+ description = "Extra arguments to lircd.";
+ };
+
+ };
+ };
+
+ ###### implementation
+
+ config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+ # Note: LIRC executables raises a warning, if lirc_options.conf do not exists
+ environment.etc."lirc/lirc_options.conf".text = cfg.options;
+
+ environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.lirc ];
+
+ systemd.sockets.lircd = {
+ description = "LIRC daemon socket";
+ wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ];
+ socketConfig = {
+ ListenStream = "/run/lirc/lircd";
+ SocketUser = "lirc";
+ SocketMode = "0660";
+ };
+ };
+
+ systemd.services.lircd = let
+ configFile = pkgs.writeText "lircd.conf" (builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" cfg.configs);
+ in {
+ description = "LIRC daemon service";
+ after = [ "network.target" ];
+
+ unitConfig.Documentation = [ "man:lircd(8)" ];
+
+ serviceConfig = {
+ RuntimeDirectory = "lirc";
+ ExecStart = ''
+ ${pkgs.lirc}/bin/lircd --nodaemon \
+ ${escapeShellArgs cfg.extraArguments} \
+ ${configFile}
+ '';
+ User = "lirc";
+ };
+ };
+
+ users.users.lirc = {
+ uid = config.ids.uids.lirc;
+ group = "lirc";
+ description = "LIRC user for lircd";
+ };
+
+ users.groups.lirc.gid = config.ids.gids.lirc;
+ };
+}