diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 963daf721ad..9b25f998400 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@
   ./services/networking/searx.nix
   ./services/networking/seeks.nix
   ./services/networking/skydns.nix
+  ./services/networking/shairport-sync.nix
   ./services/networking/shout.nix
   ./services/networking/softether.nix
   ./services/networking/spiped.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a523e66d09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.shairport-sync;
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.shairport-sync = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Enable the shairport-sync daemon.
+
+          Running with a local system-wide or remote pulseaudio server
+          is recommended.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      arguments = mkOption {
+        default = "-v -o pulse";
+        description = ''
+          Arguments to pass to the daemon. Defaults to a local pulseaudio
+          server.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      user = mkOption {
+        default = "shairport";
+        description = ''
+          User account name under which to run shairport-sync. The account
+          will be created.
+        '';
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf config.services.shairport-sync.enable {
+
+    services.avahi.enable = true;
+
+    users.extraUsers = singleton
+      { name = cfg.user;
+        description = "Shairport user";
+        isSystemUser = true;
+        createHome = true;
+        home = "/var/lib/shairport-sync";
+        extraGroups = [ "audio" ] ++ optional config.hardware.pulseaudio.enable "pulse";
+      };
+
+    systemd.services.shairport-sync =
+      {
+        description = "shairport-sync";
+        after = [ "network.target" "avahi-daemon.service" ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        serviceConfig = {
+          User = cfg.user;
+          ExecStart = "${pkgs.shairport-sync}/bin/shairport-sync ${cfg.arguments}";
+        };
+      };
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.shairport-sync ];
+
+  };
+
+}