diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 16f686115750..48dbb87403ba 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -12850,6 +12850,13 @@
     githubId = 101508537;
     name = "Yuchen He";
   };
+  lilioid = {
+    name = "Lilly";
+    email = "li@lly.sh";
+    matrix = "@17sell:mafiasi.de";
+    github = "lilioid";
+    githubId = 12398140;
+  };
   LilleAila = {
     name = "Olai";
     email = "olai@olai.dev";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index a956c82d5e7a..c1f01f6b6c99 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@
   ./services/networking/nixops-dns.nix
   ./services/networking/nncp.nix
   ./services/networking/nntp-proxy.nix
+  ./services/networking/nm-file-secret-agent.nix
   ./services/networking/nomad.nix
   ./services/networking/nsd.nix
   ./services/networking/ntopng.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nm-file-secret-agent.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nm-file-secret-agent.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d9b8fee3c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nm-file-secret-agent.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  cfg = config.networking.networkmanager;
+  toml = pkgs.formats.toml { };
+
+  enabled = (lib.length cfg.ensureProfiles.secrets.entries) > 0;
+
+  nmFileSecretAgentConfig = {
+    entry = builtins.map (
+      i:
+      {
+        key = i.key;
+        file = i.file;
+      }
+      // lib.optionalAttrs (i.matchId != null) { match_id = i.matchId; }
+      // lib.optionalAttrs (i.matchUuid != null) { match_uuid = i.matchUuid; }
+      // lib.optionalAttrs (i.matchType != null) { match_type = i.matchType; }
+      // lib.optionalAttrs (i.matchIface != null) { match_iface = i.matchIface; }
+      // lib.optionalAttrs (i.matchSetting != null) {
+        match_setting = i.matchSetting;
+      }
+    ) cfg.ensureProfiles.secrets.entries;
+  };
+  nmFileSecretAgentConfigFile = toml.generate "config.toml" nmFileSecretAgentConfig;
+in
+{
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.lilioid ];
+  };
+
+  ####### interface
+  options = {
+    networking.networkmanager.ensureProfiles.secrets = {
+      package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "nm-file-secret-agent" { };
+      entries = lib.mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          A list of secrets to provide to NetworkManager by reading their values from configured files.
+
+          Note that NetworkManager should be configured to read secrets from a secret agent.
+          This can be done for example through the `networking.networkmanager.ensureProfiles.profiles` options.
+        '';
+        default = [ ];
+        example = [
+          {
+            matchId = "My WireGuard VPN";
+            matchType = "wireguard";
+            matchSetting = "wireguard";
+            key = "private-key";
+            file = "/root/wireguard_key";
+          }
+        ];
+        type = lib.types.listOf (
+          lib.types.submodule {
+            options = {
+              matchId = lib.mkOption {
+                description = ''
+                  connection id used by NetworkManager. Often displayed as name in GUIs.
+
+                  NetworkManager describes this as a human readable unique identifier for the connection, like "Work Wi-Fi" or "T-Mobile 3G".
+                '';
+                type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+                default = null;
+                example = "wifi1";
+              };
+              matchUuid = lib.mkOption {
+                description = ''
+                  UUID of the connection profile
+
+                  UUIDs are assigned once on connection creation and should never change as long as the connection still applies to the same network.
+                '';
+                type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+                default = null;
+                example = "669ea4c9-4cb3-4901-ab52-f9606590976e";
+              };
+              matchType = lib.mkOption {
+                description = ''
+                  NetworkManager connection type
+
+                  The NetworkManager configuration settings reference roughly corresponds to connection types.
+                  More might be available on your system depending on the installed plugins.
+
+                  https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/ch01.html
+                '';
+                type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+                default = null;
+                example = "wireguard";
+              };
+              matchIface = lib.mkOption {
+                description = "interface name of the NetworkManager connection";
+                type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+                default = null;
+              };
+              matchSetting = lib.mkOption {
+                description = "name of the setting section for which secrets are requested";
+                type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+                default = null;
+              };
+              key = lib.mkOption {
+                description = "key in the setting section for which this entry provides a value";
+                type = lib.types.str;
+              };
+              file = lib.mkOption {
+                description = "file from which the secret value is read";
+                type = lib.types.str;
+              };
+            };
+          }
+        );
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  ####### implementation
+  config = lib.mkIf enabled {
+    # start nm-file-secret-agent if required
+    systemd.services."nm-file-secret-agent" = {
+      description = "NetworkManager secret agent that responds with the content of preconfigured files";
+      documentation = [ "https://github.com/lilioid/nm-file-secret-agent/" ];
+      requires = [ "NetworkManager.service" ];
+      after = [ "NetworkManager.service" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      restartTriggers = [ nmFileSecretAgentConfigFile ];
+      script = "${lib.getExe cfg.ensureProfiles.secrets.package} --conf ${nmFileSecretAgentConfigFile}";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nm/nm-file-secret-agent/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nm/nm-file-secret-agent/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..beef2962e903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nm/nm-file-secret-agent/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  rustPlatform,
+  dbus,
+  networkmanager,
+  pkg-config,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "nm-file-secret-agent";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lilioid";
+    repo = "nm-file-secret-agent";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-5L4bhf6nsINZD+oINC1f71P2cebPG7bzDYtlsU8UMMk=";
+  };
+  cargoHash = "sha256-SlYz55hc9HEueN7AYVpqadxQjI0hERcdQSJ7rEPnbVE=";
+  buildInputs = [ dbus ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "NetworkManager secret agent that responds with the content of preconfigured files";
+    mainProgram = "nm-file-secret-agent";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lilioid/nm-file-secret-agent/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ lilioid ];
+    platforms = lib.lists.intersectLists dbus.meta.platforms networkmanager.meta.platforms;
+  };
+}