diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index f706b63b5e3e..d0a4f0b7db12 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@
   ./services/networking/ferm.nix
   ./services/networking/firefox-syncserver.nix
   ./services/networking/fireqos.nix
+  ./services/networking/firewall-firewalld.nix
   ./services/networking/firewall-iptables.nix
   ./services/networking/firewall-nftables.nix
   ./services/networking/firewall.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-firewalld.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-firewalld.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2db34eb1cad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-firewalld.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.networking.firewall;
+in
+{
+  config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.backend == "firewalld") {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion = cfg.interfaces == { };
+        message = ''
+          Per interface configurations is not supported with the firewalld based firewall.
+          Create zones with `services.firewalld.zones` instead.
+        '';
+      }
+    ];
+
+    boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter" =
+      if cfg.checkReversePath == false then
+        0
+      else if cfg.checkReversePath == "loose" then
+        1
+      else
+        2;
+
+    services.firewalld = {
+      settings = {
+        DefaultZone = lib.mkDefault "nixos-fw-default";
+        LogDenied =
+          if cfg.logRefusedConnections then
+            (if cfg.logRefusedUnicastsOnly then "unicast" else "all")
+          else
+            "off";
+        IPv6_rpfilter =
+          if cfg.checkReversePath == false then
+            "no"
+          else
+            let
+              mode = if cfg.checkReversePath == true then "strict" else cfg.checkReversePath;
+              suffix = if cfg.filterForward then "" else "-forward";
+            in
+            "${mode}${suffix}";
+      };
+      zones = {
+        nixos-fw-default = {
+          target = if cfg.rejectPackets then "%%REJECT%%" else "DROP";
+          icmpBlockInversion = true;
+          icmpBlocks = lib.mkIf cfg.allowPing [ "echo-request" ];
+          ports =
+            let
+              f = protocol: port: { inherit protocol port; };
+              tcpPorts = map (f "tcp") (cfg.allowedTCPPorts ++ cfg.allowedTCPPortRanges);
+              udpPorts = map (f "udp") (cfg.allowedUDPPorts ++ cfg.allowedUDPPortRanges);
+            in
+            tcpPorts ++ udpPorts;
+        };
+        trusted.interfaces = cfg.trustedInterfaces;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-iptables.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-iptables.nix
index 53d7d3434dae..36b4cfc6f9b7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-iptables.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-iptables.nix
@@ -285,9 +285,7 @@ let
 in
 
 {
-
   options = {
-
     networking.firewall = {
       extraCommands = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.lines;
@@ -317,13 +315,11 @@ in
         '';
       };
     };
-
   };
 
   # FIXME: Maybe if `enable' is false, the firewall should still be
   # built but not started by default?
-  config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && config.networking.nftables.enable == false) {
-
+  config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.backend == "iptables") {
     assertions = [
       # This is approximately "checkReversePath -> kernelHasRPFilter",
       # but the checkReversePath option can include non-boolean
@@ -336,6 +332,8 @@ in
 
     networking.firewall.checkReversePath = lib.mkIf (!kernelHasRPFilter) (lib.mkDefault false);
 
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.nixos-firewall-tool ];
+
     systemd.services.firewall = {
       description = "Firewall";
       wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
@@ -365,7 +363,5 @@ in
         ExecStop = "@${stopScript} firewall-stop";
       };
     };
-
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-nftables.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-nftables.nix
index d9695c0e4d27..a22fc29d35ff 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-nftables.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall-nftables.nix
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ let
 in
 
 {
-
   options = {
-
     networking.firewall = {
       extraInputRules = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.lines;
@@ -59,11 +57,9 @@ in
         '';
       };
     };
-
   };
 
-  config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && config.networking.nftables.enable) {
-
+  config = lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.backend == "nftables") {
     assertions = [
       {
         assertion = cfg.extraCommands == "";
@@ -83,6 +79,8 @@ in
       }
     ];
 
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.nixos-firewall-tool ];
+
     networking.nftables.tables."nixos-fw".family = "inet";
     networking.nftables.tables."nixos-fw".content = ''
       set temp-ports {
@@ -203,7 +201,5 @@ in
         }
       ''}
     '';
-
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall.nix
index e733e9e6b87b..95308c2a9cfc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/firewall.nix
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ let
 in
 
 {
-
   options = {
-
     networking.firewall = {
       enable = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.bool;
@@ -82,6 +80,32 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      backend = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.enum [
+          "iptables"
+          "nftables"
+          "firewalld"
+        ];
+        default =
+          if config.services.firewalld.enable then
+            "firewalld"
+          else if config.networking.nftables.enable then
+            "nftables"
+          else
+            "iptables";
+        defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''
+          if config.services.firewalld.enable then
+            "firewalld"
+          else if config.networking.nftables.enable then
+            "nftables"
+          else
+            "iptables"
+        '';
+        description = ''
+          Underlying implementation for the firewall service.
+        '';
+      };
+
       package = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.package;
         default = if config.networking.nftables.enable then pkgs.nftables else pkgs.iptables;
@@ -292,11 +316,9 @@ in
       };
     }
     // commonOptions;
-
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-
     assertions = [
       {
         assertion = cfg.filterForward -> config.networking.nftables.enable;
@@ -311,11 +333,7 @@ in
 
     networking.firewall.trustedInterfaces = [ "lo" ];
 
-    environment.systemPackages = [
-      cfg.package
-      pkgs.nixos-firewall-tool
-    ]
-    ++ cfg.extraPackages;
+    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ] ++ cfg.extraPackages;
 
     boot.kernelModules =
       (lib.optional cfg.autoLoadConntrackHelpers "nf_conntrack")
@@ -323,7 +341,5 @@ in
     boot.extraModprobeConfig = lib.optionalString cfg.autoLoadConntrackHelpers ''
       options nf_conntrack nf_conntrack_helper=1
     '';
-
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/firewall.nix b/nixos/tests/firewall.nix
index 019508adb0b2..2adf54f007ad 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/firewall.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/firewall.nix
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
 
   nodes = {
     walled =
-      { ... }:
+      { lib, ... }:
       {
         networking.firewall = {
           enable = true;
+          inherit backend;
           logRefusedPackets = true;
           # Syntax smoke test, not actually verified otherwise
           allowedTCPPorts = [
@@ -37,23 +38,25 @@
               to = 8010;
             }
           ];
-          interfaces.eth0 = {
-            allowedTCPPorts = [ 10003 ];
-            allowedTCPPortRanges = [
-              {
-                from = 10000;
-                to = 10005;
-              }
-            ];
-          };
-          interfaces.eth3 = {
-            allowedUDPPorts = [ 10003 ];
-            allowedUDPPortRanges = [
-              {
-                from = 10000;
-                to = 10005;
-              }
-            ];
+          interfaces = lib.mkIf (backend != "firewalld") {
+            eth0 = {
+              allowedTCPPorts = [ 10003 ];
+              allowedTCPPortRanges = [
+                {
+                  from = 10000;
+                  to = 10005;
+                }
+              ];
+            };
+            eth3 = {
+              allowedUDPPorts = [ 10003 ];
+              allowedUDPPortRanges = [
+                {
+                  from = 10000;
+                  to = 10005;
+                }
+              ];
+            };
           };
         };
         networking.nftables.enable = nftables;