diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index fd17e4b54f0..9942c63acce 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -179,6 +179,28 @@ let
         then hostOpts.documentRoot
         else pkgs.runCommand "empty" { preferLocalBuild = true; } "mkdir -p $out"
       ;
+
+      mkLocations = locations: concatStringsSep "\n" (map (config: ''
+        <Location ${config.location}>
+          ${optionalString (config.proxyPass != null) ''
+            <IfModule mod_proxy.c>
+                ProxyPass ${config.proxyPass}
+                ProxyPassReverse ${config.proxyPass}
+            </IfModule>
+          ''}
+          ${optionalString (config.index != null) ''
+            <IfModule mod_dir.c>
+                DirectoryIndex ${config.index}
+            </IfModule>
+          ''}
+          ${optionalString (config.alias != null) ''
+            <IfModule mod_alias.c>
+                Alias "${config.alias}"
+            </IfModule>
+          ''}
+          ${config.extraConfig}
+        </Location>
+      '') (sortProperties (mapAttrsToList (k: v: v // { location = k; }) locations)));
     in
       ''
         ${optionalString mainCfg.logPerVirtualHost ''
@@ -217,12 +239,6 @@ let
           RedirectPermanent / ${hostOpts.globalRedirect}
         ''}
 
-        ${
-          let makeFileConf = elem: ''
-                Alias ${elem.urlPath} ${elem.file}
-              '';
-          in concatMapStrings makeFileConf hostOpts.servedFiles
-        }
         ${
           let makeDirConf = elem: ''
                 Alias ${elem.urlPath} ${elem.dir}/
@@ -235,6 +251,7 @@ let
           in concatMapStrings makeDirConf hostOpts.servedDirs
         }
 
+        ${mkLocations hostOpts.locations}
         ${hostOpts.extraConfig}
       ''
   ;
@@ -606,6 +623,11 @@ in
       }
     ];
 
+    warnings =
+      mapAttrsToList (name: hostOpts: ''
+        Using config.services.httpd.virtualHosts."${name}".servedFiles is deprecated and will become unsupported in a future release. Your configuration will continue to work as is but please migrate your configuration to config.services.httpd.virtualHosts."${name}".locations before the 20.09 release of NixOS.
+      '') (filterAttrs (name: hostOpts: hostOpts.servedFiles != []) mainCfg.virtualHosts);
+
     users.users = optionalAttrs (mainCfg.user == "wwwrun") {
       wwwrun = {
         group = mainCfg.group;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/location-options.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/location-options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ea88f94f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/location-options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ config, lib, name, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib) mkOption types;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+
+    proxyPass = mkOption {
+      type = with types; nullOr str;
+      default = null;
+      example = "http://www.example.org/";
+      description = ''
+        Sets up a simple reverse proxy as described by <link xlink:href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/reverse_proxy.html#simple" />.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    index = mkOption {
+      type = with types; nullOr str;
+      default = null;
+      example = "index.php index.html";
+      description = ''
+        Adds DirectoryIndex directive. See <link xlink:href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex" />.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    alias = mkOption {
+      type = with types; nullOr path;
+      default = null;
+      example = "/your/alias/directory";
+      description = ''
+        Alias directory for requests. See <link xlink:href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_alias.html#alias" />.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    extraConfig = mkOption {
+      type = types.lines;
+      default = "";
+      description = ''
+        These lines go to the end of the location verbatim.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    priority = mkOption {
+      type = types.int;
+      default = 1000;
+      description = ''
+        Order of this location block in relation to the others in the vhost.
+        The semantics are the same as with `lib.mkOrder`. Smaller values have
+        a greater priority.
+      '';
+    };
+
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
index f2e92cda05f..f34f8b4acdf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { config, lib, name, ... }:
 let
-  inherit (lib) mkOption types;
+  inherit (lib) literalExample mkOption nameValuePair types;
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ in
       ];
       description = ''
         This option provides a simple way to serve individual, static files.
+
+        <note><para>
+          This option has been deprecated and will be removed in a future
+          version of NixOS. You can achieve the same result by making use of
+          the <literal>locations.&lt;name&gt;.alias</literal> option.
+        </para></note>
       '';
     };
 
@@ -231,5 +237,30 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    locations = mkOption {
+      type = with types; attrsOf (submodule (import ./location-options.nix));
+      default = {};
+      example = literalExample ''
+        {
+          "/" = {
+            proxyPass = "http://localhost:3000";
+          };
+          "/foo/bar.png" = {
+            alias = "/home/eelco/some-file.png";
+          };
+        };
+      '';
+      description = ''
+        Declarative location config. See <link
+        xlink:href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#location"/> for details.
+      '';
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = {
+
+    locations = builtins.listToAttrs (map (elem: nameValuePair elem.urlPath { alias = elem.file; }) config.servedFiles);
+
   };
 }