diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index d579395b20b..36ff2d154d8 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
   joelmo = "Joel Moberg <joel.moberg@gmail.com>";
   joelteon = "Joel Taylor <me@joelt.io>";
   johbo = "Johannes Bornhold <johannes@bornhold.name>";
+  johnazoidberg = "Daniel Schäfer <git@danielschaefer.me>";
   johnmh = "John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh@openblox.org>";
   johnramsden = "John Ramsden <johnramsden@riseup.net>";
   joko = "Ioannis Koutras <ioannis.koutras@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index e512881765e..51f9917b192 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
   ./programs/info.nix
   ./programs/java.nix
   ./programs/kbdlight.nix
+  ./programs/less.nix
   ./programs/light.nix
   ./programs/man.nix
   ./programs/mosh.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/less.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/less.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0283c9e686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/less.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.programs.less;
+
+  configFile = ''
+    #command
+    ${concatStringsSep "\n"
+      (mapAttrsToList (command: action: "${command} ${action}") cfg.commands)
+    }
+    ${if cfg.clearDefaultCommands then "#stop" else ""}
+
+    #line-edit
+    ${concatStringsSep "\n"
+      (mapAttrsToList (command: action: "${command} ${action}") cfg.lineEditingKeys)
+    }
+
+    #env
+    ${concatStringsSep "\n"
+      (mapAttrsToList (variable: values: "${variable}=${values}") cfg.envVariables)
+    }
+  '';
+
+  lessKey = pkgs.runCommand "lesskey"
+            { src = pkgs.writeText "lessconfig" configFile; }
+            "${pkgs.less}/bin/lesskey -o $out $src";
+
+in
+
+{
+  options = {
+
+    programs.less = {
+
+      enable = mkEnableOption "less";
+
+      commands = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf types.str;
+        default = {};
+        example = {
+          "h" = "noaction 5\e(";
+          "l" = "noaction 5\e)";
+        };
+        description = "Defines new command keys.";
+      };
+
+      clearDefaultCommands = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Clear all default commands.
+          You should remember to set the quit key.
+          Otherwise you will not be able to leave less without killing it.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      lineEditingKeys = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf types.str;
+        default = {};
+        example = {
+          "\e" = "abort";
+        };
+        description = "Defines new line-editing keys.";
+      };
+
+      envVariables = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf types.str;
+        default = {};
+        example = {
+          LESS = "--quit-if-one-screen";
+        };
+        description = "Defines environment variables.";
+      };
+
+      lessopen = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = "|${pkgs.lesspipe}/bin/lesspipe.sh %s";
+        description = ''
+          Before less opens a file, it first gives your input preprocessor a chance to modify the way the contents of the file are displayed.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      lessclose = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        description = ''
+          When less closes a file opened in such a way, it will call another program, called the input postprocessor, which may  perform  any  desired  clean-up  action (such  as deleting the replacement file created by LESSOPEN).
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.less ];
+
+    environment.variables = {
+      "LESSKEY_SYSTEM" = toString lessKey;
+    } // optionalAttrs (cfg.lessopen != null) {
+      "LESSOPEN" = cfg.lessopen;
+    } // optionalAttrs (cfg.lessclose != null) {
+      "LESSCLOSE" = cfg.lessclose;
+    };
+
+    warnings = optional (
+      cfg.clearDefaultCommands && (all (x: x != "quit") (attrValues cfg.commands))
+    ) ''
+      config.programs.less.clearDefaultCommands clears all default commands of less but there is no alternative binding for exiting.
+      Consider adding a binding for 'quit'.
+    '';
+  };
+
+  meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ johnazoidberg ];
+
+}