diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 0b777527be0..e181cecced7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -550,6 +550,8 @@
   ./services/network-filesystems/nfsd.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/openafs/client.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/openafs/server.nix
+  ./services/network-filesystems/orangefs/server.nix
+  ./services/network-filesystems/orangefs/client.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/rsyncd.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/samba.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/tahoe.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/orangefs/client.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/orangefs/client.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b69d9e713c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/orangefs/client.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ...} :
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.orangefs.client;
+
+in {
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    services.orangefs.client = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "OrangeFS client daemon";
+
+      extraOptions = mkOption {
+        type = with types; listOf str;
+        default = [];
+        description = "Extra command line options for pvfs2-client.";
+      };
+
+      fileSystems = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          The orangefs file systems to be mounted.
+          This option is prefered over using <option>fileSystems</option> directly since
+          the pvfs client service needs to be running for it to be mounted.
+        '';
+
+        example = [{
+          mountPoint = "/orangefs";
+          target = "tcp://server:3334/orangefs";
+        }];
+
+        type = with types; listOf (submodule ({ ... } : {
+          options = {
+
+            mountPoint = mkOption {
+              type = types.str;
+              default = "/orangefs";
+              description = "Mount point.";
+            };
+
+            options = mkOption {
+              type = with types; listOf str;
+              default = [];
+              description = "Mount options";
+            };
+
+            target = mkOption {
+              type = types.str;
+              default = null;
+              example = "tcp://server:3334/orangefs";
+              description = "Target URL";
+            };
+          };
+        }));
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.orangefs ];
+
+    boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "pvfs2" ];
+    boot.kernelModules = [ "orangefs" ];
+
+    systemd.services.orangefs-client = {
+      requires = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "simple";
+
+         ExecStart = ''
+           ${pkgs.orangefs}/bin/pvfs2-client-core \
+              --logtype=syslog ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraOptions}
+        '';
+
+        TimeoutStopSec = "120";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.mounts = map (fs: {
+      requires = [ "orangefs-client.service" ];
+      after = [ "orangefs-client.service" ];
+      bindsTo = [ "orangefs-client.service" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "remote-fs.target" ];
+      type = "pvfs2";
+      options = concatStringsSep "," fs.options;
+      what = fs.target;
+      where = fs.mountPoint;
+    }) cfg.fileSystems;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/orangefs/server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/orangefs/server.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74ebdc13402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/orangefs/server.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ...} :
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.orangefs.server;
+
+  aliases = mapAttrsToList (alias: url: alias) cfg.servers;
+
+  # Maximum handle number is 2^63
+  maxHandle = 9223372036854775806;
+
+  # One range of handles for each meta/data instance
+  handleStep = maxHandle / (length aliases) / 2;
+
+  fileSystems = mapAttrsToList (name: fs: ''
+    <FileSystem>
+      Name ${name}
+      ID ${toString fs.id}
+      RootHandle ${toString fs.rootHandle}
+
+      ${fs.extraConfig}
+
+      <MetaHandleRanges>
+      ${concatStringsSep "\n" (
+          imap0 (i: alias:
+            let
+              begin = i * handleStep + 3;
+              end = begin + handleStep - 1;
+            in "Range ${alias} ${toString begin}-${toString end}") aliases
+       )}
+      </MetaHandleRanges>
+
+      <DataHandleRanges>
+      ${concatStringsSep "\n" (
+          imap0 (i: alias:
+            let
+              begin = i * handleStep + 3 + (length aliases) * handleStep;
+              end = begin + handleStep - 1;
+            in "Range ${alias} ${toString begin}-${toString end}") aliases
+       )}
+      </DataHandleRanges>
+
+      <StorageHints>
+      TroveSyncMeta ${if fs.troveSyncMeta then "yes" else "no"}
+      TroveSyncData ${if fs.troveSyncData then "yes" else "no"}
+      ${fs.extraStorageHints}
+      </StorageHints>
+
+    </FileSystem>
+  '') cfg.fileSystems;
+
+  configFile = ''
+    <Defaults>
+    LogType ${cfg.logType}
+    DataStorageSpace ${cfg.dataStorageSpace}
+    MetaDataStorageSpace ${cfg.metadataStorageSpace}
+
+    BMIModules ${concatStringsSep "," cfg.BMIModules}
+    ${cfg.extraDefaults}
+    </Defaults>
+
+    ${cfg.extraConfig}
+
+    <Aliases>
+    ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (alias: url: "Alias ${alias} ${url}") cfg.servers)}
+    </Aliases>
+
+    ${concatStringsSep "\n" fileSystems}
+  '';
+
+in {
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    services.orangefs.server = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "OrangeFS server";
+
+      logType = mkOption {
+        type = with types; enum [ "file" "syslog" ];
+        default = "syslog";
+        description = "Destination for log messages.";
+      };
+
+      dataStorageSpace = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = null;
+        example = "/data/storage";
+        description = "Directory for data storage.";
+      };
+
+      metadataStorageSpace = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = null;
+        example = "/data/meta";
+        description = "Directory for meta data storage.";
+      };
+
+      BMIModules = mkOption {
+        type = with types; listOf str;
+        default = [ "bmi_tcp" ];
+        example = [ "bmi_tcp" "bmi_ib"];
+        description = "List of BMI modules to load.";
+      };
+
+      extraDefaults = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = "Extra config for <literal>&lt;Defaults&gt;</literal> section.";
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = "Extra config for the global section.";
+      };
+
+      servers = mkOption {
+        type = with types; attrsOf types.str;
+        default = {};
+        example = ''
+          {
+            node1="tcp://node1:3334";
+            node2="tcp://node2:3334";
+          }
+        '';
+        description = "URLs for storage server including port. The attribute names define the server alias.";
+      };
+
+      fileSystems = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          These options will create the <literal>&lt;FileSystem&gt;</literal> sections of config file.
+        '';
+        default = { orangefs = {}; };
+        defaultText = literalExample "{ orangefs = {}; }";
+        example = literalExample ''
+          {
+            fs1 = {
+              id = 101;
+            };
+
+            fs2 = {
+              id = 102;
+            };
+          }
+        '';
+        type = with types; attrsOf (submodule ({ ... } : {
+          options = {
+            id = mkOption {
+              type = types.int;
+              default = 1;
+              description = "File system ID (must be unique within configuration).";
+            };
+
+            rootHandle = mkOption {
+              type = types.int;
+              default = 3;
+              description = "File system root ID.";
+            };
+
+            extraConfig = mkOption {
+              type = types.lines;
+              default = "";
+              description = "Extra config for <literal>&lt;FileSystem&gt;</literal> section.";
+            };
+
+            troveSyncMeta = mkOption {
+              type = types.bool;
+              default = true;
+              description = "Sync meta data.";
+            };
+
+            troveSyncData = mkOption {
+              type = types.bool;
+              default = false;
+              description = "Sync data.";
+            };
+
+            extraStorageHints = mkOption {
+              type = types.lines;
+              default = "";
+              description = "Extra config for <literal>&lt;StorageHints&gt;</literal> section.";
+            };
+          };
+        }));
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.orangefs ];
+
+    # orangefs daemon will run as user
+    users.users.orangefs.isSystemUser = true;
+    users.groups.orangefs = {};
+
+    # To format the file system the config file is needed.
+    environment.etc."orangefs/server.conf" = {
+      text = configFile;
+      user = "orangefs";
+      group = "orangefs";
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.orangefs-server = {
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      requires = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        # Run as "simple" in forground mode.
+        # This is more reliable
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${pkgs.orangefs}/bin/pvfs2-server -d \
+            /etc/orangefs/server.conf
+        '';
+        TimeoutStopSec = "120";
+        User = "orangefs";
+        Group = "orangefs";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 7acfbd216f1..78b9b60f114 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ in
   # openstack-image-userdata doesn't work in a sandbox as the simulated openstack instance needs network access
   #openstack-image-userdata = (handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./openstack-image.nix {}).userdata or {};
   openstack-image-metadata = (handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./openstack-image.nix {}).metadata or {};
+  orangefs = handleTest ./orangefs.nix {};
   os-prober = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./os-prober.nix {};
   osquery = handleTest ./osquery.nix {};
   osrm-backend = handleTest ./osrm-backend.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/orangefs.nix b/nixos/tests/orangefs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdf4fc10c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/orangefs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import ./make-test.nix ({ ... } :
+
+let
+  server = { pkgs, ... } : {
+    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 3334 ];
+    boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = ''
+      ${pkgs.e2fsprogs}/bin/mkfs.ext4 -L data /dev/vdb
+    '';
+
+    virtualisation.emptyDiskImages = [ 4096 ];
+
+    fileSystems = pkgs.lib.mkVMOverride
+      [ { mountPoint = "/data";
+          device = "/dev/disk/by-label/data";
+          fsType = "ext4";
+        }
+      ];
+
+    services.orangefs.server = {
+      enable = true;
+      dataStorageSpace = "/data/storage";
+      metadataStorageSpace = "/data/meta";
+      servers = {
+        server1 = "tcp://server1:3334";
+        server2 = "tcp://server2:3334";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  client = { lib, ... } : {
+    networking.firewall.enable = true;
+
+    services.orangefs.client = {
+      enable = true;
+      fileSystems = [{
+        target = "tcp://server1:3334/orangefs";
+        mountPoint = "/orangefs";
+      }];
+    };
+  };
+
+in {
+  name = "orangefs";
+
+  nodes = {
+    server1 = server;
+    server2 = server;
+
+    client1 = client;
+    client2 = client;
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    # format storage
+    foreach my $server  (($server1,$server2))
+    {
+      $server->start();
+      $server->waitForUnit("multi-user.target");
+      $server->succeed("mkdir -p /data/storage /data/meta");
+      $server->succeed("chown orangefs:orangefs /data/storage /data/meta");
+      $server->succeed("chmod 0770 /data/storage /data/meta");
+      $server->succeed("sudo -g orangefs -u orangefs pvfs2-server -f /etc/orangefs/server.conf");
+    }
+
+    # start services after storage is formated on all machines
+    foreach my $server  (($server1,$server2))
+    {
+      $server->succeed("systemctl start orangefs-server.service");
+    }
+
+    # Check if clients can reach and mount the FS
+    foreach my $client  (($client1,$client2))
+    {
+      $client->start();
+      $client->waitForUnit("orangefs-client.service");
+      # Both servers need to be reachable
+      $client->succeed("pvfs2-check-server -h server1 -f orangefs -n tcp -p 3334");
+      $client->succeed("pvfs2-check-server -h server2 -f orangefs -n tcp -p 3334");
+      $client->waitForUnit("orangefs.mount");
+
+    }
+
+    # R/W test between clients
+    $client1->succeed("echo test > /orangefs/file1");
+    $client2->succeed("grep test /orangefs/file1");
+
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/orangefs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/orangefs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37f4026799b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/orangefs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bison, flex, autoreconfHook
+, openssl, db, attr, perl, tcsh
+} :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "orangefs";
+  version = "2.9.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.orangefs.org/current/source/orangefs-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "15669f5rcvn44wkas0mld0qmyclrmhbrw4bbbp66sw3a12vgn4sm";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ bison flex perl autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl db attr tcsh ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Issue introduced by attr-2.4.48
+    substituteInPlace src/apps/user/ofs_setdirhint.c --replace attr/xattr.h sys/xattr.h
+
+    # Do not try to install empty sysconfdir
+    substituteInPlace Makefile.in --replace 'install -d $(sysconfdir)' ""
+
+    # perl interpreter needs to be fixed or build fails
+    patchShebangs ./src/apps/admin/pvfs2-genconfig
+
+    # symlink points to a location in /usr
+    rm ./src/client/webpack/ltmain.sh
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc/orangefs"
+    "--enable-shared"
+    "--enable-fast"
+    "--with-ssl=${stdenv.lib.getDev openssl}"
+  ];
+
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # install useful helper scripts
+    install examples/keys/pvfs2-gen-keys.sh $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    for f in pvfs2-getmattr pvfs2-setmattr; do
+      substituteInPlace $out/bin/$f --replace '#!/bin/csh' '#!${tcsh}/bin/tcsh'
+    done
+
+    sed -i 's:openssl:${openssl}/bin/openssl:' $out/bin/pvfs2-gen-keys.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Scale-out network file system for use on high-end computing systems";
+    homepage = "http://www.orangefs.org/";
+    license = with licenses;  [ asl20 bsd3 gpl2 lgpl21 lgpl21Plus openldap ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ markuskowa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93d2cc781e9..65194c75f35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5387,6 +5387,8 @@ in
 
   opn2bankeditor = callPackage ../tools/audio/opl3bankeditor/opn2bankeditor.nix { };
 
+  orangefs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/orangefs { };
+
   os-prober = callPackage ../tools/misc/os-prober {};
 
   osl = callPackage ../development/compilers/osl { };