diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 89677970dd9..aac2e81b103 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@
   ./services/networking/dnsmasq.nix
   ./services/networking/ejabberd.nix
   ./services/networking/epmd.nix
+  ./services/networking/ergo.nix
   ./services/networking/eternal-terminal.nix
   ./services/networking/fakeroute.nix
   ./services/networking/ferm.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ergo.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ergo.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c52de30dc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ergo.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.ergo;
+
+  inherit (lib) mkEnableOption mkIf mkOption optionalString types;
+
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "ergo.conf" (''
+ergo {
+  directory = "${cfg.dataDir}"
+  node {
+    mining = false
+  }
+  wallet.secretStorage.secretDir = "${cfg.dataDir}/wallet/keystore"
+}
+
+scorex {
+  network {
+    bindAddress = "${cfg.listen.ip}:${toString cfg.listen.port}"
+  }
+'' + optionalString (cfg.api.keyHash != null) ''
+ restApi {
+    apiKeyHash = "${cfg.api.keyHash}"
+    bindAddress = "${cfg.api.listen.ip}:${toString cfg.api.listen.port}"
+ }
+'' + ''
+}
+'');
+
+in {
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.ergo = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Ergo service";
+
+      dataDir = mkOption {
+        type = types.path;
+        default = "/var/lib/ergo";
+        description = "The data directory for the Ergo node.";
+      };
+
+      listen = {
+        ip = mkOption {
+          type = types.str;
+          default = "0.0.0.0";
+          description = "IP address on which the Ergo node should listen.";
+        };
+
+        port = mkOption {
+          type = types.port;
+          default = 9006;
+          description = "Listen port for the Ergo node.";
+        };
+      };
+
+      api = {
+       keyHash = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        example = "324dcf027dd4a30a932c441f365a25e86b173defa4b8e58948253471b81b72cf";
+        description = "Hex-encoded Blake2b256 hash of an API key as a 64-chars long Base16 string.";
+       };
+
+       listen = {
+        ip = mkOption {
+          type = types.str;
+          default = "0.0.0.0";
+          description = "IP address that the Ergo node API should listen on if <option>api.keyHash</option> is defined.";
+          };
+
+        port = mkOption {
+          type = types.port;
+          default = 9052;
+          description = "Listen port for the API endpoint if <option>api.keyHash</option> is defined.";
+        };
+       };
+      };
+
+      testnet = mkOption {
+         type = types.bool;
+         default = false;
+         description = "Connect to testnet network instead of the default mainnet.";
+      };
+
+      user = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "ergo";
+        description = "The user as which to run the Ergo node.";
+      };
+
+      group = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = cfg.user;
+        description = "The group as which to run the Ergo node.";
+      };
+
+      openFirewall = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Open ports in the firewall for the Ergo node as well as the API.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d '${cfg.dataDir}' 0770 '${cfg.user}' '${cfg.group}' - -"
+    ];
+
+    systemd.services.ergo = {
+      description = "ergo server";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        User = cfg.user;
+        Group = cfg.group;
+        ExecStart = ''${pkgs.ergo}/bin/ergo \
+                      ${optionalString (!cfg.testnet)
+                      "--mainnet"} \
+                      -c ${configFile}'';
+      };
+    };
+
+    networking.firewall = mkIf cfg.openFirewall {
+      allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.listen.port ] ++ [ cfg.api.listen.port ];
+    };
+
+    users.users.${cfg.user} = {
+      name = cfg.user;
+      group = cfg.group;
+      description = "Ergo daemon user";
+      home = cfg.dataDir;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+    };
+
+    users.groups.${cfg.group} = {};
+
+  };
+}