diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
index c0ef8b5f30bd..9074e827fe07 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
@@ -470,7 +470,8 @@ let
             auth ${p11.control} ${pkgs.pam_p11}/lib/security/pam_p11.so ${pkgs.opensc}/lib/opensc-pkcs11.so
           '') +
           (let u2f = config.security.pam.u2f; in optionalString cfg.u2fAuth ''
-            auth ${u2f.control} ${pkgs.pam_u2f}/lib/security/pam_u2f.so ${optionalString u2f.debug "debug"} ${optionalString (u2f.authFile != null) "authfile=${u2f.authFile}"} ${optionalString u2f.interactive "interactive"} ${optionalString u2f.cue "cue"} ${optionalString (u2f.appId != null) "appid=${u2f.appId}"}
+              auth ${u2f.control} ${pkgs.pam_u2f}/lib/security/pam_u2f.so ${optionalString u2f.debug "debug"} ${optionalString (u2f.authFile != null) "authfile=${u2f.authFile}"} ''
+                + ''${optionalString u2f.interactive "interactive"} ${optionalString u2f.cue "cue"} ${optionalString (u2f.appId != null) "appid=${u2f.appId}"} ${optionalString (u2f.origin != null) "origin=${u2f.origin}"}
           '') +
           optionalString cfg.usbAuth ''
             auth sufficient ${pkgs.pam_usb}/lib/security/pam_usb.so
@@ -878,6 +879,24 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      origin = mkOption {
+        default = null;
+        type = with types; nullOr str;
+        description = ''
+            By default <literal>pam-u2f</literal> module sets the origin
+            to <literal>pam://$HOSTNAME</literal>.
+            Setting origin to an host independent value will allow you to
+            reuse credentials across machines
+
+            When using <command>pamu2fcfg</command>, you can specify your
+            application ID with the <literal>-o</literal> flag.
+
+            More information can be found <link
+            xlink:href="https://developers.yubico.com/pam-u2f/Manuals/pam_u2f.8.html">
+            here</link>
+        '';
+      };
+
       control = mkOption {
         default = "sufficient";
         type = types.enum [ "required" "requisite" "sufficient" "optional" ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/pam/pam-u2f.nix b/nixos/tests/pam/pam-u2f.nix
index d7c540982cfa..07408dea797e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/pam/pam-u2f.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/pam/pam-u2f.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ ... }:
         debug = true;
         enable = true;
         interactive = true;
+        origin = "nixos-test";
       };
     };
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ ... }:
     ''
       machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
       machine.succeed(
-          'egrep "auth required .*/lib/security/pam_u2f.so.*debug.*interactive.*cue" /etc/pam.d/ -R'
+          'egrep "auth required .*/lib/security/pam_u2f.so.*debug.*interactive.*cue.*origin=nixos-test" /etc/pam.d/ -R'
       )
     '';
 })