diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index a6638de71f83..9a89676a9c07 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 - The `services.siproxd` module has been removed as `siproxd` is unmaintained and broken with libosip 5.x.
 
+- `services.dwm-status.extraConfig` was replaced by [RFC0042](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0042-config-option.md)-compliant [](#opt-services.dwm-status.settings), which is used to generate the config file. `services.dwm-status.order` is now moved to [](#opt-services.dwm-status.settings.order), as it's a part of the config file.
+
 - `renovate` was updated to v40. See the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/releases/tag/40.0.0) for breaking changes.
 
 - The Postfix module has been updated and likely requires configuration changes:
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/dwm-status.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/dwm-status.nix
index f0df70051d48..b7031808287b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/dwm-status.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/dwm-status.nix
@@ -7,71 +7,80 @@
 let
   cfg = config.services.dwm-status;
 
-  order = lib.concatMapStringsSep "," (feature: ''"${feature}"'') cfg.order;
+  format = pkgs.formats.toml { };
 
-  configFile = pkgs.writeText "dwm-status.toml" ''
-    order = [${order}]
-
-    ${cfg.extraConfig}
-  '';
+  configFile = format.generate "dwm-status.toml" cfg.settings;
 in
 
 {
-
-  ###### interface
+  imports = [
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "dwm-status" "order" ]
+      [ "services" "dwm-status" "settings" "order" ]
+    )
+    (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule [
+      "services"
+      "dwm-status"
+      "extraConfig"
+    ] "Use services.dwm-status.settings instead.")
+  ];
 
   options = {
-
     services.dwm-status = {
-
       enable = lib.mkEnableOption "dwm-status user service";
 
       package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "dwm-status" {
         example = "dwm-status.override { enableAlsaUtils = false; }";
       };
 
-      order = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.listOf (
-          lib.types.enum [
-            "audio"
-            "backlight"
+      settings = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.submodule {
+          freeformType = format.type;
+          options.order = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.listOf (
+              lib.types.enum [
+                "audio"
+                "backlight"
+                "battery"
+                "cpu_load"
+                "network"
+                "time"
+              ]
+            );
+            default = [ ];
+            description = ''
+              List of enabled features in order.
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+        default = { };
+        example = {
+          order = [
             "battery"
             "cpu_load"
-            "network"
             "time"
-          ]
-        );
+          ];
+          time = {
+            format = "%F %a %r";
+            update_seconds = true;
+          };
+        };
         description = ''
-          List of enabled features in order.
+          Config options for dwm-status, see https://github.com/Gerschtli/dwm-status#configuration
+          for available options.
         '';
       };
-
-      extraConfig = lib.mkOption {
-        type = lib.types.lines;
-        default = "";
-        description = ''
-          Extra config in TOML format.
-        '';
-      };
-
     };
-
   };
 
-  ###### implementation
-
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-
-    services.upower.enable = lib.mkIf (lib.elem "battery" cfg.order) true;
+    services.upower.enable = lib.mkIf (lib.elem "battery" cfg.settings.order) true;
 
     systemd.user.services.dwm-status = {
       description = "Highly performant and configurable DWM status service";
       wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
       partOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-
       serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/dwm-status ${configFile} --quiet";
     };
-
   };
-
 }