diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index b53b9c47b01..b25e3d7e40d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
       riemanntools = 203;
       subsonic = 204;
       riak = 205;
+      shout = 206;
 
       # When adding a uid, make sure it doesn't match an existing gid. And don't use uids above 399!
 
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@
       riemanntools = 203;
       subsonic = 204;
       riak = 205;
+      #shout = 206; #unused
 
       # When adding a gid, make sure it doesn't match an existing
       # uid. Users and groups with the same name should have equal
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index c56e6a82e83..212555d7efc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
   ./services/networking/searx.nix
   ./services/networking/seeks.nix
   ./services/networking/skydns.nix
+  ./services/networking/shout.nix
   ./services/networking/spiped.nix
   ./services/networking/sslh.nix
   ./services/networking/ssh/lshd.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f55b87a9614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, config, options, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.shout;
+  shoutHome = "/var/lib/shout";
+
+in {
+  options.services.shout = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "Shout web IRC client";
+
+    private = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Make your shout instance private. You will need to configure user
+        accounts by adding entries in <filename>${shoutHome}/users</filename>.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    host = mkOption {
+      type = types.string;
+      default = "0.0.0.0";
+      description = "IP interface to listen on for http connections.";
+    };
+
+    port = mkOption {
+      type = types.int;
+      default = 9000;
+      description = "TCP port to listen on for http connections.";
+    };
+
+    configFile = mkOption {
+      type = types.nullOr types.lines;
+      default = null;
+      description = ''
+        Contents of Shout's <filename>config.js</filename> file. If left empty,
+        Shout will generate from its defaults at first startup.
+
+        Documentation: http://shout-irc.com/docs/server/configuration.html
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    users.extraUsers = singleton {
+      name = "shout";
+      uid = config.ids.uids.shout;
+      description = "Shout daemon user";
+      home = shoutHome;
+      createHome = true;
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.shout = {
+      description = "Shout web IRC client";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      preStart = if isNull cfg.configFile then null
+                 else ''
+                   ln -sf ${pkgs.writeText "config.js" cfg.configFile} \
+                          ${shoutHome}/config.js
+                 '';
+      script = concatStringsSep " " [
+        "${pkgs.shout}/bin/shout"
+        (if cfg.private then "--private" else "--public")
+        "--port" (toString cfg.port)
+        "--host" (toString cfg.host)
+        "--home" shoutHome
+      ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        User = "shout";
+        ProtectHome = "true";
+        ProtectSystem = "full";
+        PrivateTmp = "true";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}