diff --git a/nixos/modules/image/file-options.nix b/nixos/modules/image/file-options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dff30e7408af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/image/file-options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  options.image = {
+    baseName = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "nixos-image-${config.system.nixos.label}-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
+      description = ''
+        Basename of the image filename without any extension (e.g. `image_1`).
+      '';
+    };
+
+    extension = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      description = ''
+        Extension of the image filename (e.g. `raw`).
+      '';
+    };
+
+    # FIXME: this should be marked readOnly, when there are no
+    # mkRenamedOptionModuleWith calls with `image.fileName` as
+    # as a target left anymore (i.e. 24.11). We can't do it
+    # before, as some source options where writable before.
+    # Those should use image.baseName and image.extension instead.
+    fileName = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "${config.image.baseName}.${config.image.extension}";
+      description = ''
+        Filename of the image including all extensions (e.g `image_1.raw` or
+        `image_1.raw.zst`).
+      '';
+    };
+
+    filePath = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = config.image.fileName;
+      description = ''
+        Path of the image, relative to `$out` in `system.build.image`.
+        While it defaults to `config.image.fileName`, it can be different for builders where
+        the image is in sub directory, such as `iso`, `sd-card` or `kexec` images.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/image/images.nix b/nixos/modules/image/images.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96d02f64fb9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/image/images.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  extendModules,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  inherit (lib) types;
+
+  imageModules = { };
+  imageConfigs = lib.mapAttrs (
+    name: modules:
+    extendModules {
+      inherit modules;
+    }
+  ) config.image.modules;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    system.build = {
+      images = lib.mkOption {
+        type = types.lazyAttrsOf types.raw;
+        readOnly = true;
+        description = ''
+          Different target images generated for this NixOS configuration.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+    image.modules = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.attrsOf (types.listOf types.deferredModule);
+      description = ''
+        image-specific NixOS Modules used for `system.build.images`.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config.image.modules = lib.mkIf (!config.system.build ? image) imageModules;
+  config.system.build.images = lib.mkIf (!config.system.build ? image) (
+    lib.mapAttrs (
+      name: nixos:
+      let
+        inherit (nixos) config;
+        inherit (config.image) filePath;
+        builder =
+          config.system.build.image
+            or (throw "Module for `system.build.images.${name}` misses required `system.build.image` option.");
+      in
+      lib.recursiveUpdate builder {
+        passthru = {
+          inherit config filePath;
+        };
+      }
+    ) imageConfigs
+  );
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 91ecee0ef265..8551e1b3406c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
   ./i18n/input-method/kime.nix
   ./i18n/input-method/nabi.nix
   ./i18n/input-method/uim.nix
+  ./image/images.nix
   ./installer/tools/tools.nix
   ./misc/assertions.nix
   ./misc/crashdump.nix