diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83d954a0c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.hardware.facetimehd;
+
+  kernelPackages = config.boot.kernelPackages;
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  options.hardware.facetimehd.enable = mkEnableOption "facetimehd kernel module";
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    assertions = singleton {
+      assertion = versionAtLeast kernelPackages.kernel.version "3.19";
+      message = "facetimehd is not supported for kernels older than 3.19";
+    };
+
+    boot.kernelModules = [ "facetimehd" ];
+
+    boot.extraModulePackages = [ kernelPackages.facetimehd ];
+
+    hardware.firmware = [ pkgs.facetimehd-firmware ];
+
+    # unload module during suspend/hibernate as it crashes the whole system
+    powerManagement.powerDownCommands = ''
+      ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/bin/rmmod -f facetimehd
+    '';
+
+    # and load it back on resume
+    powerManagement.resumeCommands = ''
+      export MODULE_DIR=/run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules
+      ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe -v facetimehd
+    '';
+
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 2ff61877c23..48834128d9b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   ./hardware/video/bumblebee.nix
   ./hardware/video/nvidia.nix
   ./hardware/video/ati.nix
+  ./hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix
   ./installer/tools/auto-upgrade.nix
   ./installer/tools/nixos-checkout.nix
   ./installer/tools/tools.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/facetimehd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/facetimehd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06e6abfe417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/facetimehd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, kernel }:
+
+# facetimehd is not supported for kernels older than 3.19";
+assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast kernel.version "3.19";
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "facetimehd-${version}-${kernel.version}";
+  version = "git-20160127";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "patjak";
+    repo = "bcwc_pcie";
+    rev = "186e9f9101ed9bbd7cc8d470f840d4a74c585ca7";
+    sha256 = "1frsf6z6v94cz9fww9rbnk926jzl36fp3w2d1aw6djhzwm80a5gs";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$out"
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "KDIR=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie;
+    description = "Linux driver for the Facetime HD (Broadcom 1570) PCIe webcam";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.womfoo ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 311cbd1f76a..452d12e5a64 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10263,6 +10263,8 @@ let
 
     openafsClient = callPackage ../servers/openafs-client { };
 
+    facetimehd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/facetimehd { };
+
     kernelHeaders = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel-headers { };
 
     klibc = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/klibc { };