diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index 2d9ea1450ff..a8768801456 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
       grsecurity = 121;
       hydra = 122;
       spiped = 123;
+      tss = 124;
 
       # When adding a gid, make sure it doesn't match an existing uid.
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 5c30d74be69..0ff7f03aed0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@
   ./services/hardware/pcscd.nix
   ./services/hardware/pommed.nix
   ./services/hardware/sane.nix
+  ./services/hardware/tcsd.nix
+  ./services/hardware/thinkfan.nix
   ./services/hardware/udev.nix
   ./services/hardware/udisks.nix
   ./services/hardware/udisks2.nix
   ./services/hardware/upower.nix
-  ./services/hardware/thinkfan.nix
   ./services/logging/klogd.nix
   ./services/logging/logcheck.nix
   ./services/logging/logrotate.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7499cd349f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# tcsd daemon.
+
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.tcsd;
+
+  tcsdConf = pkgs.writeText "tcsd.conf" ''
+    port = 30003
+    num_threads = 10
+    system_ps_file = ${cfg.stateDir}/system.data
+    # This is the log of each individual measurement done by the system.
+    # By re-calculating the PCR registers based on this information, even
+    # finer details about the measured environment can be inferred than
+    # what is available directly from the PCR registers.
+    firmware_log_file = /sys/kernel/security/tpm0/binary_bios_measurements
+    kernel_log_file = /sys/kernel/security/ima/binary_runtime_measurements
+    #firmware_pcrs = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
+    #kernel_pcrs = 10,11
+    platform_cred = ${cfg.platformCred}
+    conformance_cred = ${cfg.conformanceCred}
+    endorsement_cred = ${cfg.endorsementCred}
+    #remote_ops = create_key,random
+    #host_platform_class = server_12
+    #all_platform_classes = pc_11,pc_12,mobile_12
+  '';
+
+in
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.tcsd = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable tcsd, a Trusted Computing management service
+          that provides TCG Software Stack (TSS).  The tcsd daemon is
+          the only portal to the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a hardware
+          chip on the motherboard.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      user = mkOption {
+        default = "tss";
+        description = "User account under which tcsd runs.";
+      };
+
+      group = mkOption {
+        default = "tss";
+        description = "Group account under which tcsd runs.";
+      };
+
+      stateDir = mkOption {
+	default = "/var/lib/tpm";
+	description = ''
+          The location of the system persistent storage file.
+          The system persistent storage file holds keys and data across
+          restarts of the TCSD and system reboots. 
+	'';
+      };
+
+      platformCred = mkOption {
+        default = "${cfg.stateDir}/platform.cert";
+        description = ''
+	  Path to the platform credential for your TPM. Your TPM
+          manufacturer may have provided you with a set of credentials
+          (certificates) that should be used when creating identities
+          using your TPM. When a user of your TPM makes an identity,
+          this credential will be encrypted as part of that process.
+          See the 1.1b TPM Main specification section 9.3 for information
+          on this process. '';
+      };
+
+      conformanceCred = mkOption {
+        default = "${cfg.stateDir}/conformance.cert";
+        description = ''
+          Path to the conformance credential for your TPM.
+          See also the platformCred option'';
+      };
+
+      endorsementCred = mkOption {
+        default = "${cfg.stateDir}/endorsement.cert";
+        description = ''
+          Path to the endorsement credential for your TPM.
+          See also the platformCred option'';
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.trousers ];
+
+#    system.activationScripts.tcsd =
+#      ''
+#        chown ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${tcsdConf}
+#      '';
+
+    systemd.services.tcsd = {
+      description = "TCSD";
+      after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      path = [ pkgs.trousers ];
+      preStart =
+        ''
+        mkdir -m 0700 -p ${cfg.stateDir}
+        chown -R ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${cfg.stateDir}
+        '';
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.trousers}/sbin/tcsd -f -c ${tcsdConf}";
+    };
+
+    users.extraUsers = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "tss") (singleton
+      { name = "tss";
+        group = "tss";
+        uid = config.ids.uids.nginx;
+      });
+
+    users.extraGroups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "tss") (singleton
+      { name = "tss";
+        gid = config.ids.gids.nginx;
+      });
+  };
+}