diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 07774dd1d29..4a63a09ab84 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@
   ./services/networking/i2p.nix
   ./services/networking/icecream/scheduler.nix
   ./services/networking/icecream/daemon.nix
+  ./services/networking/inspircd.nix
   ./services/networking/iodine.nix
   ./services/networking/iperf3.nix
   ./services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/inspircd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/inspircd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fcac8d34cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/inspircd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.inspircd;
+
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "inspircd.conf" cfg.config;
+
+in {
+  options = {
+    services.inspircd = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption "InspIRCd";
+
+      package = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.package;
+        default = pkgs.inspircd;
+        defaultText = lib.literalExample "pkgs.inspircd";
+        example = lib.literalExample "pkgs.inspircdMinimal";
+        description = ''
+          The InspIRCd package to use. This is mainly useful
+          to specify an overridden version of the
+          <literal>pkgs.inspircd</literal> dervivation, for
+          example if you want to use a more minimal InspIRCd
+          distribution with less modules enabled or with
+          modules enabled which can't be distributed in binary
+          form due to licensing issues.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      config = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.lines;
+        description = ''
+          Verbatim <literal>inspircd.conf</literal> file.
+          For a list of options, consult the
+          <link xlink:href="https://docs.inspircd.org/3/configuration/">InspIRCd documentation</link>, the
+          <link xlink:href="https://docs.inspircd.org/3/modules/">Module documentation</link>
+          and the example configuration files distributed
+          with <literal>pkgs.inspircd.doc</literal>
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.services.inspircd = {
+      description = "InspIRCd - the stable, high-performance and modular Internet Relay Chat Daemon";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      requires = [ "network.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "simple";
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${lib.getBin cfg.package}/bin/inspircd start --config ${configFile} --nofork --nopid
+        '';
+        DynamicUser = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 3ce71b0abe6..7d19e7309bc 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ in
   initrd-network-ssh = handleTest ./initrd-network-ssh {};
   initrdNetwork = handleTest ./initrd-network.nix {};
   initrd-secrets = handleTest ./initrd-secrets.nix {};
+  inspircd = handleTest ./inspircd.nix {};
   installer = handleTest ./installer.nix {};
   iodine = handleTest ./iodine.nix {};
   ipfs = handleTest ./ipfs.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/inspircd.nix b/nixos/tests/inspircd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2975091d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/inspircd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+let
+  clients = [
+    "ircclient1"
+    "ircclient2"
+  ];
+  server = "inspircd";
+  ircPort = 6667;
+  channel = "nixos-cat";
+  iiDir = "/tmp/irc";
+in
+
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+  name = "inspircd";
+  nodes = {
+    "${server}" = {
+      networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ircPort ];
+      services.inspircd = {
+        enable = true;
+        package = pkgs.inspircdMinimal;
+        config = ''
+          <bind address="" port="${toString ircPort}" type="clients">
+          <connect name="main" allow="*" pingfreq="15">
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  } // lib.listToAttrs (builtins.map (client: lib.nameValuePair client {
+    imports = [
+      ./common/user-account.nix
+    ];
+
+    systemd.services.ii = {
+      requires = [ "network.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "simple";
+        ExecPreStartPre = "mkdir -p ${iiDir}";
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${lib.getBin pkgs.ii}/bin/ii -n ${client} -s ${server} -i ${iiDir}
+        '';
+        User = "alice";
+      };
+    };
+  }) clients);
+
+  testScript =
+    let
+      msg = client: "Hello, my name is ${client}";
+      clientScript = client: [
+        ''
+          ${client}.wait_for_unit("network.target")
+          ${client}.systemctl("start ii")
+          ${client}.wait_for_unit("ii")
+          ${client}.wait_for_file("${iiDir}/${server}/out")
+        ''
+        # wait until first PING from server arrives before joining,
+        # so we don't try it too early
+        ''
+          ${client}.wait_until_succeeds("grep 'PING' ${iiDir}/${server}/out")
+        ''
+        # join ${channel}
+        ''
+          ${client}.succeed("echo '/j #${channel}' > ${iiDir}/${server}/in")
+          ${client}.wait_for_file("${iiDir}/${server}/#${channel}/in")
+        ''
+        # send a greeting
+        ''
+          ${client}.succeed(
+              "echo '${msg client}' > ${iiDir}/${server}/#${channel}/in"
+          )
+        ''
+        # check that all greetings arrived on all clients
+      ] ++ builtins.map (other: ''
+        ${client}.succeed(
+            "grep '${msg other}$' ${iiDir}/${server}/#${channel}/out"
+        )
+      '') clients ++ [
+        "# trailing comment to please reformatter :)"
+      ];
+
+      # foldl', but requires a non-empty list instead of a start value
+      reduce = f: list:
+        builtins.foldl' f (builtins.head list) (builtins.tail list);
+    in ''
+      start_all()
+      ${server}.wait_for_open_port(${toString ircPort})
+
+      # run clientScript for all clients so that every list
+      # entry is executed by every client before advancing
+      # to the next one.
+      ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n"
+        (reduce
+          (a: b: lib.zipListsWith (cs: c: cs + "\n" + c) a b)
+          (builtins.map clientScript clients))}
+    '';
+})