diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index e59ec07b8aa..41210e64851 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
   ./services/desktops/gnome3/tracker.nix
   ./services/desktops/profile-sync-daemon.nix
   ./services/desktops/telepathy.nix
+  ./services/development/hoogle.nix
   ./services/games/factorio.nix
   ./services/games/ghost-one.nix
   ./services/games/minecraft-server.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/development/hoogle.nix b/nixos/modules/services/development/hoogle.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27281774b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/development/hoogle.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+# services.hoogle = {
+#   enable = true;
+#   packages = hp: with hp; [ text lens ];
+#   haskellPackages = pkgs.haskellPackages;
+# };
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.hoogle;
+  ghcWithHoogle = pkgs.haskellPackages.ghcWithHoogle;
+
+in {
+
+  options.services.hoogle = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "Hoogle Documentation service";
+
+    port = mkOption {
+      type = types.int;
+      default = 8080;
+      description = ''
+        Port number Hoogle will be listening to.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    packages = mkOption {
+      default = hp: [];
+      example = "hp: with hp; [ text lens ]";
+      description = ''
+        A function that returns a list of Haskell packages to generate
+        documentation for.
+
+        The argument will be a Haskell package set provided by the
+        haskellPackages config option.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    haskellPackages = mkOption {
+      description = "Which haskell package set to use.";
+      example = "pkgs.haskellPackages";
+      type = types.attrs;
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.services.hoogle = {
+      description = "Hoogle Haskell documentation search";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Restart = "always";
+        ExecStart =
+          let env = cfg.haskellPackages.ghcWithHoogle cfg.packages;
+              hoogleEnv = pkgs.buildEnv {
+                name = "hoogleServiceEnv";
+                paths = [env];
+              };
+          in ''
+            ${hoogleEnv}/bin/hoogle server --local -p ${toString cfg.port}
+          '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+}