diff --git a/modules/misc/ids.nix b/modules/misc/ids.nix
index 79121ae0c1f..cd4b36b0ed9 100644
--- a/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ in
     tomcat = 16;
     gnunetd = 17;
     pulseaudio = 22; # must match `pulseaudio' GID
+    gpsd = 23;
 
     nixbld = 30000; # start of range of uids
     nobody = 65534;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ in
     lp = 20;
     tomcat = 21;
     pulseaudio = 22; # must match `pulseaudio' UID
+    gpsd = 23;
     
     users = 100;
     nixbld = 30000;
diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index 7bdb0d685dc..88dcdcf13c6 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   ./services/mail/postfix.nix
   ./services/misc/autofs.nix
   ./services/misc/disnix.nix
+  ./services/misc/gpsd.nix
   ./services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
   ./services/misc/nixos-manual.nix
   ./services/misc/rogue.nix
diff --git a/modules/programs/bash/bashrc.sh b/modules/programs/bash/bashrc.sh
index 92ca71100ee..445d35ba0d1 100644
--- a/modules/programs/bash/bashrc.sh
+++ b/modules/programs/bash/bashrc.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if [ -n "$NOSYSBASHRC" ]; then
+    return
+fi
+
 # Initialise a bunch of environment variables.
 export PATH=/var/run/current-system/sw/bin:/var/run/current-system/sw/sbin
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/run/opengl-driver/lib
diff --git a/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix b/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6fa131fae90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+{pkgs, config, ...}:
+
+###### interface
+let
+  inherit (pkgs.lib) mkOption mkIf;
+
+  uid = (import ../system/ids.nix).uids.gpsd;
+  gid = (import ../system/ids.nix).gids.gpsd;
+
+  options = {
+    services = {
+      gpsd = {
+
+        enable = mkOption {
+          default = false;
+          description = ''
+            Whether to enable `gpsd', a GPS service daemon.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        device = mkOption {
+          default = "/dev/ttyUSB0";
+          description = ''
+            A device may be a local serial device for GPS input, or a URL of the form:
+                 <literal>[{dgpsip|ntrip}://][user:passwd@]host[:port][/stream]</literal>
+            in which case it specifies an input source for DGPS or ntrip data.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        readonly = mkOption {
+          default = true;
+          description = ''
+            Whether to enable the broken-device-safety, otherwise
+            known as read-only mode.  Some popular bluetooth and USB
+            receivers lock up or become totally inaccessible when
+            probed or reconfigured.  This switch prevents gpsd from
+            writing to a receiver.  This means that gpsd cannot
+            configure the receiver for optimal performance, but it
+            also means that gpsd cannot break the receiver.  A better
+            solution would be for Bluetooth to not be so fragile.  A
+            platform independent method to identify
+            serial-over-Bluetooth devices would also be nice.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        port = mkOption {
+          default = 2947;
+          description = ''
+            The port where to listen for TCP connections.
+          '';
+        };
+
+        debugLevel = mkOption {
+          default = 0;
+          description = ''
+            The debugging level.
+          '';
+        };
+
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+in
+
+###### implementation
+mkIf config.services.gpsd.enable {
+  require = [
+    options
+  ];
+  
+  users = {
+    extraUsers = [
+      { name = "gpsd";
+        inherit uid;
+        description = "gpsd daemon user";
+        home = "/var/empty";
+      }
+    ];
+
+    extraGroups = [
+      { name = "gpsd";
+        inherit gid;
+      }
+    ];
+  };
+
+  services =
+    let cfg = config.services.gpsd; in {
+      extraJobs = [{
+        name = "gpsd";
+
+        job =
+          let gpsd = pkgs.gpsd;
+          in ''
+            description "GPSD daemon"
+
+            start on network-interfaces/started
+            stop on network-interfaces/stop
+
+            respawn ${gpsd}/sbin/gpsd -D "${toString cfg.debugLevel}"   \
+                       -S "${toString cfg.port}"                        \
+                       ${if cfg.readonly then "-b" else ""}             \
+                       "${cfg.device}"
+          '';
+        }];
+      };
+}