diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix
index 5fd90329e2b2..ac1262d7f9b3 100644
--- a/system/options.nix
+++ b/system/options.nix
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@
       description = ''
         A list of additional packages supplying kernel modules.
       '';
+      merge = name: list:
+        pkgsArg: pkgs.lib.concatMap (f: f pkgsArg) list;
     };
 
     kernelModules = mkOption {
@@ -1764,6 +1766,15 @@
           a package, or have an interactive process of extraction
           and cannot be redistributed.
         ";
+        merge = pkgs.lib.mergeListOption;
+      };
+
+      addUdevPkgs = mkOption {
+        default = [];
+        description = "
+          List of packages containing udev rules.
+        ";
+        merge = pkgs.lib.mergeListOption;
       };
       
       sndMode = mkOption {
@@ -2752,6 +2763,8 @@ root        ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL
         packages.  The function will be called with the Nix Packages
         collection as its argument for convenience.
       ";
+      merge = name: list:
+        pkgsArg: pkgs.lib.concatMap (f: f pkgsArg) list;
     };
 
     nix = mkOption {
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/default.nix b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
index ce2cf17060d4..9882c5909305 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/default.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ let
         ++ config.services.udev.addFirmware;
       extraUdevPkgs =
            pkgs.lib.optional config.services.hal.enable pkgs.hal
-        ++ pkgs.lib.optional config.hardware.enableGo7007 kernelPackages.wis_go7007;
+        ++ pkgs.lib.optional config.hardware.enableGo7007 kernelPackages.wis_go7007
+        ++ config.services.udev.addUdevPkgs;
     })
       
     # Makes LVM logical volumes available.