diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index c9711d519408..ebb66b07945c 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -101,3 +101,7 @@ end_of_line = unset
 insert_final_newline = unset
 trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
 charset = unset
+
+[lib/tests/*.plist]
+indent_style = tab
+insert_final_newline = unset
diff --git a/lib/generators.nix b/lib/generators.nix
index c46ecca58c68..aace53e2f750 100644
--- a/lib/generators.nix
+++ b/lib/generators.nix
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ rec {
   # PLIST handling
   toPlist = {}: v: let
     isFloat = builtins.isFloat or (x: false);
+    isPath = x: builtins.typeOf x == "path";
     expr = ind: x:  with builtins;
       if x == null  then "" else
       if isBool x   then bool ind x else
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ rec {
       if isString x then str ind x else
       if isList x   then list ind x else
       if isAttrs x  then attrs ind x else
+      if isPath x   then str ind (toString x) else
       if isFloat x  then float ind x else
       abort "generators.toPlist: should never happen (v = ${v})";
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix
index ea3548b9514e..231f19c513eb 100644
--- a/lib/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix
@@ -919,6 +919,30 @@ runTests {
     expected  = "«foo»";
   };
 
+  testToPlist =
+    let
+      deriv = derivation { name = "test"; builder = "/bin/sh"; system = "aarch64-linux"; };
+    in {
+    expr = mapAttrs (const (generators.toPlist { })) {
+      value = {
+        nested.values = rec {
+          int = 42;
+          float = 0.1337;
+          bool = true;
+          emptystring = "";
+          string = "fn\${o}\"r\\d";
+          newlinestring = "\n";
+          path = /. + "/foo";
+          null_ = null;
+          list = [ 3 4 "test" ];
+          emptylist = [];
+          attrs = { foo = null; "foo b/ar" = "baz"; };
+          emptyattrs = {};
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    expected = { value = builtins.readFile ./test-to-plist-expected.plist; };
+  };
 
   testToLuaEmptyAttrSet = {
     expr = generators.toLua {} {};
diff --git a/lib/tests/test-to-plist-expected.plist b/lib/tests/test-to-plist-expected.plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df0528a60767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/test-to-plist-expected.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>nested</key>
+	<dict>
+		<key>values</key>
+		<dict>
+			<key>attrs</key>
+			<dict>
+				<key>foo b/ar</key>
+				<string>baz</string>
+			</dict>
+			<key>bool</key>
+			<true/>
+			<key>emptyattrs</key>
+			<dict>
+
+			</dict>
+			<key>emptylist</key>
+			<array>
+
+			</array>
+			<key>emptystring</key>
+			<string></string>
+			<key>float</key>
+			<real>0.133700</real>
+			<key>int</key>
+			<integer>42</integer>
+			<key>list</key>
+			<array>
+				<integer>3</integer>
+				<integer>4</integer>
+				<string>test</string>
+			</array>
+			<key>newlinestring</key>
+			<string>
+</string>
+			<key>path</key>
+			<string>/foo</string>
+			<key>string</key>
+			<string>fn${o}"r\d</string>
+		</dict>
+	</dict>
+</dict>
+</plist>
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