diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index f7c66166c5c5..b308fe7a8df6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@
   ./services/web-servers/shellinabox.nix
   ./services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
   ./services/web-servers/traefik.nix
+  ./services/web-servers/ttyd.nix
   ./services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix
   ./services/web-servers/varnish/default.nix
   ./services/web-servers/zope2.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/ttyd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/ttyd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01a01d97a234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/ttyd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.ttyd;
+
+  # Command line arguments for the ttyd daemon
+  args = [ "--port" (toString cfg.port) ]
+         ++ optionals (cfg.socket != null) [ "--interface" cfg.socket ]
+         ++ optionals (cfg.interface != null) [ "--interface" cfg.interface ]
+         ++ [ "--signal" (toString cfg.signal) ]
+         ++ (concatLists (mapAttrsToList (_k: _v: [ "--client-option" "${_k}=${_v}" ]) cfg.clientOptions))
+         ++ [ "--terminal-type" cfg.terminalType ]
+         ++ optionals cfg.checkOrigin [ "--check-origin" ]
+         ++ [ "--max-clients" (toString cfg.maxClients) ]
+         ++ optionals (cfg.indexFile != null) [ "--index" cfg.indexFile ]
+         ++ optionals cfg.enableIPv6 [ "--ipv6" ]
+         ++ optionals cfg.enableSSL [ "--ssl-cert" cfg.certFile
+                                      "--ssl-key" cfg.keyFile
+                                      "--ssl-ca" cfg.caFile ]
+         ++ [ "--debug" (toString cfg.logLevel) ];
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    services.ttyd = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "ttyd daemon";
+
+      port = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 7681;
+        description = "Port to listen on (use 0 for random port)";
+      };
+
+      socket = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        example = "/var/run/ttyd.sock";
+        description = "UNIX domain socket path to bind.";
+      };
+
+      interface = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        example = "eth0";
+        description = "Network interface to bind.";
+      };
+
+      username = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        description = "Username for basic authentication.";
+      };
+
+      passwordFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        apply = value: if value == null then null else toString value;
+        description = ''
+          File containing the password to use for basic authentication.
+          For insecurely putting the password in the globally readable store use
+          <literal>pkgs.writeText "ttydpw" "MyPassword"</literal>.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      signal = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.u8;
+        default = 1;
+        description = "Signal to send to the command on session close.";
+      };
+
+      clientOptions = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf types.str;
+        default = {};
+        example = literalExample ''{
+          fontSize = "16";
+          fontFamily = "Fira Code";
+
+        }'';
+        description = ''
+          Attribute set of client options for xtermjs.
+          <link xlink:href="https://xtermjs.org/docs/api/terminal/interfaces/iterminaloptions/"/>
+        '';
+      };
+
+      terminalType = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "xterm-256color";
+        description = "Terminal type to report.";
+      };
+
+      checkOrigin = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether to allow a websocket connection from a different origin.";
+      };
+
+      maxClients = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 0;
+        description = "Maximum clients to support (0, no limit)";
+      };
+
+      indexFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        description = "Custom index.html path";
+      };
+
+      enableIPv6 = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether or not to enable IPv6 support.";
+      };
+
+      enableSSL = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether or not to enable SSL (https) support.";
+      };
+
+      certFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        description = "SSL certificate file path.";
+      };
+
+      keyFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        apply = value: if value == null then null else toString value;
+        description = ''
+          SSL key file path.
+          For insecurely putting the keyFile in the globally readable store use
+          <literal>pkgs.writeText "ttydKeyFile" "SSLKEY"</literal>.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      caFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        description = "SSL CA file path for client certificate verification.";
+      };
+
+      logLevel = mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 7;
+        description = "Set log level.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    assertions =
+      [ { assertion = cfg.enableSSL
+            -> cfg.certFile != null && cfg.keyFile != null && cfg.caFile != null;
+          message = "SSL is enabled for ttyd, but no certFile, keyFile or caFile has been specefied."; }
+        { assertion = ! (cfg.interface != null && cfg.socket != null);
+          message = "Cannot set both interface and socket for ttyd."; }
+        { assertion = (cfg.username != null) == (cfg.passwordFile != null);
+          message = "Need to set both username and passwordFile for ttyd"; }
+      ];
+
+    systemd.services.ttyd = {
+      description = "ttyd Web Server Daemon";
+
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        # Runs login which needs to be run as root
+        # login: Cannot possibly work without effective root
+        User = "root";
+      };
+
+      script = if cfg.passwordFile != null then ''
+        PASSWORD=$(cat ${escapeShellArg cfg.passwordFile})
+        ${pkgs.ttyd}/bin/ttyd ${lib.escapeShellArgs args} \
+          --credential ${escapeShellArg cfg.username}:"$PASSWORD" \
+          ${pkgs.shadow}/bin/login
+      ''
+      else ''
+        ${pkgs.ttyd}/bin/ttyd ${lib.escapeShellArgs args} \
+          ${pkgs.shadow}/bin/login
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}