diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 3a9a2bf8661..0bbb1d2e534 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@
   ./services/networking/searx.nix
   ./services/networking/seeks.nix
   ./services/networking/skydns.nix
+  ./services/networking/shadowsocks.nix
   ./services/networking/shairport-sync.nix
   ./services/networking/shout.nix
   ./services/networking/sniproxy.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/shadowsocks.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shadowsocks.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe6d65a5f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shadowsocks.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.shadowsocks;
+
+  opts = {
+    server = cfg.localAddress;
+    server_port = cfg.port;
+    method = cfg.encryptionMethod;
+    mode = cfg.mode;
+    user = "nobody";
+    fast_open = true;
+  } // optionalAttrs (cfg.password != null) { password = cfg.password; };
+
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "shadowsocks.json" (builtins.toJSON opts);
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.shadowsocks = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to run shadowsocks-libev shadowsocks server.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      localAddress = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "0.0.0.0";
+        description = ''
+          Local address to which the server binds.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      port = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 8388;
+        description = ''
+          Port which the server uses.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      password = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        description = ''
+          Password for connecting clients.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      passwordFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        description = ''
+          Password file with a password for connecting clients.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      mode = mkOption {
+        type = types.enum [ "tcp_only" "tcp_and_udp" "udp_only" ];
+        default = "tcp_and_udp";
+        description = ''
+          Relay protocols.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      encryptionMethod = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "chacha20-ietf-poly1305";
+        description = ''
+          Encryption method. See <link xlink:href="https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-org/wiki/AEAD-Ciphers"/>.
+        '';
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = singleton
+      { assertion = cfg.password == null || cfg.passwordFile == null;
+        message = "Cannot use both password and passwordFile for shadowsocks-libev";
+      };
+
+    systemd.services.shadowsocks-libev = {
+      description = "shadowsocks-libev Daemon";
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      path = [ pkgs.shadowsocks-libev ] ++ optional (cfg.passwordFile != null) pkgs.jq;
+      serviceConfig.PrivateTmp = true;
+      script = ''
+        ${optionalString (cfg.passwordFile != null) ''
+          cat ${configFile} | jq --arg password "$(cat "${cfg.passwordFile}")" '. + { password: $password }' > /tmp/shadowsocks.json
+        ''}
+        exec ss-server -c ${if cfg.passwordFile != null then "/tmp/shadowsocks.json" else configFile}
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}