diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 7afcb9051bd..cae081aa73f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
   ./services/misc/etcd.nix
   ./services/misc/felix.nix
   ./services/misc/folding-at-home.nix
+  ./services/misc/fstrim.nix
   ./services/misc/gammu-smsd.nix
   ./services/misc/geoip-updater.nix
   #./services/misc/gitit.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/fstrim.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/fstrim.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e89366cbafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/fstrim.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.fstrim;
+
+in {
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.fstrim = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "periodic SSD TRIM of mounted partitions in background";
+
+      interval = mkOption {
+        type = types.string;
+        default = "weekly";
+        description = ''
+          How often we run fstrim. For most desktop and server systems
+          a sufficient trimming frequency is once a week.
+
+          The format is described in
+          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle>
+          <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.utillinux ];
+
+    systemd.timers.fstrim = {
+      timerConfig = {
+        OnCalendar = cfg.interval;
+      };
+      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
index 9126a1cdec3..5d7f701b39e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     preConfigure = "export scanf_cv_type_modifier=ms";
   };
 
+  preConfigure = lib.optionalString (systemd != null) ''
+    configureFlags+="--with-systemd --with-systemdsystemunitdir=$bin/lib/systemd/system/"
+  '';
+
   # !!! It would be better to obtain the path to the mount helpers
   # (/sbin/mount.*) through an environment variable, but that's
   # somewhat risky because we have to consider that mount can setuid
@@ -40,10 +44,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     --disable-use-tty-group
     --enable-fs-paths-default=/run/wrappers/bin:/var/run/current-system/sw/bin:/sbin
     ${if ncurses == null then "--without-ncurses" else ""}
-    ${if systemd == null then "" else ''
-      --with-systemd
-      --with-systemdsystemunitdir=$out/lib/systemd/system/
-    ''}
   '';
 
   makeFlags = "usrbin_execdir=$(bin)/bin usrsbin_execdir=$(bin)/sbin";