diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udisks2.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udisks2.nix
index 6be23f39754..ea552ce867e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udisks2.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udisks2.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 with lib;
 
+let
+  settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.ini {
+    listToValue = concatMapStringsSep "," (generators.mkValueStringDefault {});
+  };
+  configFiles = mapAttrs (name: value: (settingsFormat.generate name value)) (mapAttrs' (name: value: nameValuePair name value ) config.services.udisks2.settings);
+in
+
 {
 
   ###### interface
@@ -21,6 +28,36 @@ with lib;
         '';
       };
 
+      settings = mkOption rec {
+        type = types.attrsOf settingsFormat.type;
+        apply = recursiveUpdate default;
+        default = {
+          "udisks2.conf" = {
+            udisks2 = {
+              modules = [ "*" ];
+              modules_load_preference = "ondemand";
+            };
+            defaults = {
+              encryption = "luks2";
+            };
+          };
+        };
+        example = literalExpression ''
+        {
+          "WDC-WD10EZEX-60M2NA0-WD-WCC3F3SJ0698.conf" = {
+            ATA = {
+              StandbyTimeout = 50;
+            };
+          };
+        };
+        '';
+        description = ''
+          Options passed to udisksd.
+          See <link xlink:href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/latest/en/man5/udisks2.conf.5.html">here</link> and
+          drive configuration in <link xlink:href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/latest/en/man8/udisks.8.html">here</link> for supported options.
+        '';
+      };
+
     };
 
   };
@@ -32,6 +69,8 @@ with lib;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.udisks2 ];
 
+    environment.etc = mapAttrs' (name: value: nameValuePair "udisks2/${name}" { source = value; } ) configFiles;
+
     security.polkit.enable = true;
 
     services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.udisks2 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix
index 427e19ac921..5aff6e96970 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/2-default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, substituteAll, libtool, pkg-config, gettext, gnused
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, substituteAll, pkg-config, gnused, autoreconfHook
 , gtk-doc, acl, systemd, glib, libatasmart, polkit, coreutils, bash, which
 , expat, libxslt, docbook_xsl, util-linux, mdadm, libgudev, libblockdev, parted
-, gobject-introspection, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xml_dtd_43, autoconf, automake
+, gobject-introspection, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xml_dtd_43
 , xfsprogs, f2fs-tools, dosfstools, e2fsprogs, btrfs-progs, exfat, nilfs-utils, ntfs3g
+, nixosTests
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -41,8 +42,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+  # pkg-config had to be in both to find gtk-doc and gobject-introspection
+  depsBuildBuild = [ pkg-config ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoconf automake pkg-config libtool gettext which gobject-introspection
+    autoreconfHook which gobject-introspection pkg-config
     gtk-doc libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xml_dtd_43 docbook_xsl
   ];
 
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [
     (lib.enableFeature (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform) "gtk-doc")
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system"
     "--with-udevdir=$(out)/lib/udev"
@@ -71,10 +76,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR=$(out)/lib/girepository-1.0"
   ];
 
+  installFlags = [
+    "sysconfdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc"
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  passthru.tests.vm = nixosTests.udisks2;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A daemon, tools and libraries to access and manipulate disks, storage devices and technologies";
     homepage = "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/udisks/";