diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
index 753614ea58a1..9581b2afa68e 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
@@ -441,6 +441,14 @@
           <literal>code-server</literal>-module now available
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig">xmrig</link>,
+          a high performance, open source, cross platform RandomX,
+          KawPow, CryptoNight and AstroBWT unified CPU/GPU miner and
+          RandomX benchmark.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-21.11-incompatibilities">
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
index 2c27356bfef4..0c603144b644 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - `code-server`-module now available
 
+- [xmrig](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig), a high performance, open source, cross platform RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight and AstroBWT unified CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark.
+
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-21.11-incompatibilities}
 
 - The NixOS VM test framework, `pkgs.nixosTest`/`make-test-python.nix`, now requires detaching commands such as `succeed("foo &")` and `succeed("foo | xclip -i")` to close stdout.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/xmrig.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/xmrig.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15c7d2a7b14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/xmrig.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.xmrig;
+
+  json = pkgs.formats.json { };
+  configFile = json.generate "config.json" cfg.settings;
+in
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  options = {
+    services.xmrig = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "XMRig Mining Software";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.xmrig;
+        example = literalExpression "pkgs.xmrig-mo";
+        description = "XMRig package to use.";
+      };
+
+      settings = mkOption {
+        default = { };
+        type = json.type;
+        example = literalExpression ''
+          {
+            autosave = true;
+            cpu = true;
+            opencl = false;
+            cuda = false;
+            pools = [
+              {
+                url = "pool.supportxmr.com:443";
+                user = "your-wallet";
+                keepalive = true;
+                tls = true;
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        '';
+        description = ''
+          XMRig configuration. Refer to
+          <link xlink:href="https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/config"/>
+          for details on supported values.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.services.xmrig = {
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      description = "XMRig Mining Software Service";
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStartPre = "${cfg.package}/bin/xmrig --config=${configFile} --dry-run";
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/xmrig --config=${configFile}";
+        DynamicUser = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "XMRig Mining Software Service";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ratsclub ];
+  };
+}