diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
index 01abc3807faf..19b73f5cdf30 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ let
   defaultUser = "netdata";
 
   isThereAnyWireGuardTunnels = config.networking.wireguard.enable || lib.any (c: lib.hasAttrByPath [ "netdevConfig" "Kind" ] c && c.netdevConfig.Kind == "wireguard") (builtins.attrValues config.systemd.network.netdevs);
+
+  extraNdsudoPathsEnv = pkgs.buildEnv {
+    name = "netdata-ndsudo-env";
+    paths = cfg.extraNdsudoPackages;
+    pathsToLink = [ "/bin" ];
+  };
+
 in {
   options = {
     services.netdata = {
@@ -131,6 +138,27 @@ in {
         '';
       };
 
+      extraNdsudoPackages = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
+        default = [ ];
+        description = ''
+          Extra packages to add to `PATH` to make available to `ndsudo`.
+          ::: {.warning}
+          `ndsudo` has SUID privileges, be careful what packages you list here.
+          :::
+
+          ::: {.note}
+          `cfg.package` must be built with `withNdsudo = true`
+          :::
+        '';
+        example = ''
+          [
+            pkgs.smartmontools
+            pkgs.nvme-cli
+          ]
+        '';
+      };
+
       config = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.attrs;
         default = {};
@@ -221,6 +249,31 @@ in {
     environment.etc."netdata/netdata.conf".source = configFile;
     environment.etc."netdata/conf.d".source = configDirectory;
 
+
+    systemd.tmpfiles.settings = lib.mkIf cfg.package.withNdsudo {
+      "95-netdata-ndsudo" = {
+        "/var/lib/netdata/ndsudo" = {
+          "d" = {
+            mode = "0550";
+            user = cfg.user;
+            group = cfg.group;
+          };
+        };
+
+        "/var/lib/netdata/ndsudo/ndsudo" = {
+          "L+" = {
+            argument = "/run/wrappers/bin/ndsudo";
+          };
+        };
+
+        "/var/lib/netdata/ndsudo/runtime-dependencies" = {
+          "L+" = {
+            argument = "${extraNdsudoPathsEnv}/bin";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
     systemd.services.netdata = {
       description = "Real time performance monitoring";
       after = [ "network.target" "suid-sgid-wrappers.service" ];
@@ -394,6 +447,14 @@ in {
         group = cfg.group;
         permissions = "u+rx,g+x,o-rwx";
       };
+    } // lib.optionalAttrs (cfg.package.withNdsudo) {
+      "ndsudo" = {
+        source = "${cfg.package}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ndsudo.org";
+        setuid = true;
+        owner = "root";
+        group = cfg.group;
+        permissions = "u+rx,g+x,o-rwx";
+      };
     };
 
     security.pam.loginLimits = [
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index b4639c43c40f..cb41ac6077c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
   withSsl ? true,
   withSystemdJournal ? (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux),
   zlib,
+  withNdsudo ? false,
 }:
 let
   stdenv' = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then overrideSDK stdenv "11.0" else stdenv;
@@ -181,6 +182,12 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         rm -rf $out/share/netdata/web/index.html
         cp $out/share/netdata/web/v1/index.html $out/share/netdata/web/index.html
       ''}
+      ${lib.optionalString withNdsudo ''
+        mv $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ndsudo \
+          $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ndsudo.org
+
+        ln -s /var/lib/netdata/ndsudo/ndsudo $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ndsudo
+      ''}
     '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -270,7 +277,7 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
           license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
         };
       }).goModules;
-    inherit withIpmi withNetworkViewer;
+    inherit withIpmi withNetworkViewer withNdsudo;
     tests.netdata = nixosTests.netdata;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/ndsudo-fix-path.patch b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/ndsudo-fix-path.patch
index 0ec9a63231f0..be70032fff04 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/ndsudo-fix-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/ndsudo-fix-path.patch
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ diff --git a/src/collectors/plugins.d/ndsudo.c b/src/collectors/plugins.d/ndsudo
 index d53ca9f28..b42a121bf 100644
 --- a/src/collectors/plugins.d/ndsudo.c
 +++ b/src/collectors/plugins.d/ndsudo.c
-@@ -357,9 +357,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
          return 3;
      }
 
 -    char new_path[] = "PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin";
--    putenv(new_path);
--
++    char new_path[] = "PATH=/var/lib/netdata/ndsudo/runtime-dependencies";
+     putenv(new_path);
+
      setuid(0);
      setgid(0);
      setegid(0);