diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
index 6328971492c..2acb891f1a9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ let
         kernelPackages.nvidia_x11
     else if elem "nvidiaBeta" drivers then
         kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_beta
+    else if elem "nvidiaVulkanBeta" drivers then
+        kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_vulkan_beta
     else if elem "nvidiaLegacy304" drivers then
       kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy304
     else if elem "nvidiaLegacy340" drivers then
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
index df71a953fee..7c37fcf231f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ rec {
   # No active beta right now
   beta = stable;
 
+  # Vulkan developer beta driver
+  vulkan_beta = generic {
+    version = "450.56.11";
+    persistencedVersion = "450.57";
+    settingsVersion = "450.57";
+    sha256_64bit = "1k64h8sp4rf6kc7liypznjgkmxi67njy1s8xy2r341fhl62pl010";
+    settingsSha256 = "1clbj9a3kv3j8jg35c197gd7b3f9f9f4h9ll5hlax95hdg12lgan";
+    persistencedSha256 = "17747z1fsbiznfsmahxmz8kmhwwcjanpfih60v5mwzk63gy4i3d5";
+    url = "https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-beta-4505611-linux";
+  };
+
   # Last one supporting x86
   legacy_390 = generic {
     version = "390.138";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
index 63091e9875f..8a9e340a20a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/generic.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 { version
+, url ? null
 , sha256_32bit ? null
 , sha256_64bit
 , settingsSha256
+, settingsVersion ? version
 , persistencedSha256
+, persistencedVersion ? version
 , useGLVND ? true
 , useProfiles ? true
 , preferGtk2 ? false
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@
 , prePatch ? ""
 , patches ? []
 , broken ? false
-}:
+}@args:
 
 { stdenv, callPackage, pkgs, pkgsi686Linux, fetchurl
 , kernel ? null, perl, nukeReferences
@@ -46,12 +49,12 @@ let
     src =
       if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux" then
         fetchurl {
-          url = "https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${version}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${version}${pkgSuffix}.run";
+          url = args.url or "https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/${version}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-${version}${pkgSuffix}.run";
           sha256 = sha256_64bit;
         }
       else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" then
         fetchurl {
-          url = "https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${version}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-${version}${pkgSuffix}.run";
+          url = args.url or "https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/${version}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-${version}${pkgSuffix}.run";
           sha256 = sha256_32bit;
         }
       else throw "nvidia-x11 does not support platform ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ let
         withGtk3 = !preferGtk2;
       };
       persistenced = mapNullable (hash: callPackage (import ./persistenced.nix self hash) { }) persistencedSha256;
+      inherit persistencedVersion settingsVersion;
     };
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix
index de36ad06c60..ff2792ac315 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/persistenced.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ nvidia_x11: sha256:
 
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, m4 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nvidia-persistenced";
-  inherit (nvidia_x11) version;
+  version = nvidia_x11.persistencedVersion;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "NVIDIA";
     repo = "nvidia-persistenced";
-    rev = nvidia_x11.version;
+    rev = nvidia_x11.persistencedVersion;
     inherit sha256;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
index b1250e56ee0..fbddd7b7fa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ let
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "NVIDIA";
     repo = "nvidia-settings";
-    rev = nvidia_x11.version;
+    rev = nvidia_x11.settingsVersion;
     inherit sha256;
   };
 
   libXNVCtrl = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pname = "libXNVCtrl";
-    inherit (nvidia_x11) version;
+    version = nvidia_x11.settingsVersion;
     inherit src;
 
     buildInputs = [ libXrandr libXext ];
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "nvidia-settings";
-  inherit (nvidia_x11) version;
+  version = nvidia_x11.settingsVersion;
   inherit src;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig m4 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c78db798c4d..3165d2b70f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17919,11 +17919,12 @@ in
 
     nvidiaPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11 { });
 
-    nvidia_x11_legacy304 = nvidiaPackages.legacy_304;
-    nvidia_x11_legacy340 = nvidiaPackages.legacy_340;
-    nvidia_x11_legacy390 = nvidiaPackages.legacy_390;
-    nvidia_x11_beta      = nvidiaPackages.beta;
-    nvidia_x11           = nvidiaPackages.stable;
+    nvidia_x11_legacy304   = nvidiaPackages.legacy_304;
+    nvidia_x11_legacy340   = nvidiaPackages.legacy_340;
+    nvidia_x11_legacy390   = nvidiaPackages.legacy_390;
+    nvidia_x11_beta        = nvidiaPackages.beta;
+    nvidia_x11_vulkan_beta = nvidiaPackages.vulkan_beta;
+    nvidia_x11             = nvidiaPackages.stable;
 
     openrazer = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/openrazer/driver.nix { };