diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dokuwiki.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dokuwiki.nix
index caf819c30910..b12e0a599249 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dokuwiki.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dokuwiki.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ let
   pkg =
     hostName: cfg:
     cfg.package.combine {
-      inherit (cfg) plugins templates;
+      inherit (cfg) plugins templates extraConfigs;
 
       pname = p: "${p.pname}-${hostName}";
 
@@ -345,6 +345,22 @@ let
           '';
         };
 
+        extraConfigs = mkOption {
+          type = types.attrsOf types.path;
+          default = { };
+          description = ''
+            Path(s) to additional configuration files that are then linked to the 'conf' directory.
+          '';
+          example = literalExpression ''
+            {
+              "acronyms.local.conf" = pkgs.writeText "acronyms.local.conf" '''
+                r13y  reproducibility
+              ''';
+              "entities.local.conf" = ./dokuwiki-entities;
+            }
+          '';
+        };
+
         poolConfig = mkOption {
           type =
             with types;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix b/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix
index 2e30ab269c22..7aa6e4f5857a 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/dokuwiki.nix
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ let
     r13y  reproducibility
   '';
 
-  dwWithAcronyms = pkgs.dokuwiki.overrideAttrs (prev: {
-    installPhase = prev.installPhase or "" + ''
-      ln -sf ${acronymsFile} $out/share/dokuwiki/conf/acronyms.local.conf
-    '';
-  });
-
   mkNode =
     webserver:
     { ... }:
@@ -53,9 +47,11 @@ let
             };
           };
           "site2.local" = {
-            package = dwWithAcronyms;
             usersFile = "/var/lib/dokuwiki/site2.local/users.auth.php";
             plugins = [ plugin-icalevents ];
+            extraConfigs = {
+              "acronyms.local.conf" = acronymsFile;
+            };
             settings = {
               useacl = true;
               superuser = "admin";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/dokuwiki/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/do/dokuwiki/package.nix
index 980073366c38..0796e233496a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/do/dokuwiki/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/do/dokuwiki/package.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         localConfig ? null,
         pluginsConfig ? null,
         aclConfig ? null,
+        extraConfigs ? { },
         pname ? (p: "${p.pname}-combined"),
       }:
       let
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
               ""
             ]
           );
+
+        configs = {
+          "local.php" = localConfig;
+          "plugins.local.php" = pluginsConfig;
+        }
+        // extraConfigs;
       in
       basePackage.overrideAttrs (prev: {
         pname = if builtins.isFunction pname then pname prev else pname;
@@ -87,8 +94,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (
             plugin: "cp -r ${toString plugin} $out/share/dokuwiki/lib/plugins/${plugin.name}"
           ) plugins}
-          ${isNotEmpty localConfig "ln -sf ${localConfig} $out/share/dokuwiki/conf/local.php"}
-          ${isNotEmpty pluginsConfig "ln -sf ${pluginsConfig} $out/share/dokuwiki/conf/plugins.local.php"}
+          ${lib.concatMapAttrsStringSep "\n" (
+            name: path: "${isNotEmpty path "ln -sf ${path} $out/share/dokuwiki/conf/${name}"}"
+          ) configs}
           ${isNotEmpty aclConfig "ln -sf ${aclConfig} $out/share/dokuwiki/acl.auth.php"}
         '';
       });