diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 326428b95c3..7910e47ca0c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@
   ./services/hardware/bluetooth.nix
   ./services/hardware/bolt.nix
   ./services/hardware/brltty.nix
+  ./services/hardware/ddccontrol.nix
   ./services/hardware/fancontrol.nix
   ./services/hardware/freefall.nix
   ./services/hardware/fwupd.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/ddccontrol.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/ddccontrol.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..766bf12ee9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/ddccontrol.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ config
+, lib
+, pkgs
+, ...
+}:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.ddccontrol;
+in
+
+{
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    services.ddccontrol = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption "ddccontrol for controlling displays";
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    # Give users access to the "gddccontrol" tool
+    environment.systemPackages = [
+      pkgs.ddccontrol
+    ];
+
+    services.dbus.packages = [
+      pkgs.ddccontrol
+    ];
+
+    systemd.packages = [
+      pkgs.ddccontrol
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix
index b7d0f2c3aad..2a85c0dc2b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ddccontrol/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ddccontrol-db
   ];
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/systemd/system"
+  ];
+
   prePatch = ''
     oldPath="\$""{datadir}/ddccontrol-db"
     newPath="${ddccontrol-db}/share/ddccontrol-db"