diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index 69722b9ab53b..34ea5cdbd65f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 - [Honk](https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk), a complete ActivityPub server with minimal setup and support costs.
   Available as [services.honk](#opt-services.honk.enable).
 
+- [ferretdb](https://www.ferretdb.io/), an open-source proxy, converting the MongoDB 6.0+ wire protocol queries to PostgreSQL or SQLite. Available as [services.ferretdb](options.html#opt-services.ferretdb.enable).
+
 - [NNCP](http://www.nncpgo.org/). Added nncp-daemon and nncp-caller services. Configuration is set with [programs.nncp.settings](#opt-programs.nncp.settings) and the daemons are enabled at [services.nncp](#opt-services.nncp.caller.enable).
 
 - [tuxedo-rs](https://github.com/AaronErhardt/tuxedo-rs), Rust utilities for interacting with hardware from TUXEDO Computers.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index b51e2786797e..aae7069fa5f8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@
   ./services/databases/couchdb.nix
   ./services/databases/dgraph.nix
   ./services/databases/dragonflydb.nix
+  ./services/databases/ferretdb.nix
   ./services/databases/firebird.nix
   ./services/databases/foundationdb.nix
   ./services/databases/hbase-standalone.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/ferretdb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/ferretdb.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b2cc59d8c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/ferretdb.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.ferretdb;
+in
+{
+
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ julienmalka camillemndn ];
+
+  options = {
+    services.ferretdb = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "FerretDB, an Open Source MongoDB alternative.";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        example = literalExpression "pkgs.ferretdb";
+        default = pkgs.ferretdb;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.ferretdb";
+        description = "FerretDB package to use.";
+      };
+
+      settings = lib.mkOption {
+        type =
+          lib.types.submodule { freeformType = with lib.types; attrsOf str; };
+        example = {
+          FERRETDB_LOG_LEVEL = "warn";
+          FERRETDB_MODE = "normal";
+        };
+        description = ''
+          Additional configuration for FerretDB, see
+          <https://docs.ferretdb.io/flags/>
+          for supported values.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable
+    {
+
+      services.ferretdb.settings = {
+        FERRETDB_HANDLER = lib.mkDefault "sqlite";
+        FERRETDB_SQLITE_URL = lib.mkDefault "file:/var/lib/ferretdb/";
+      };
+
+      systemd.services.ferretdb = {
+        description = "FerretDB";
+        after = [ "network.target" ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        environment = cfg.settings;
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "simple";
+          StateDirectory = "ferretdb";
+          WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/ferretdb";
+          ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/ferretdb";
+          Restart = "on-failure";
+          ProtectHome = true;
+          ProtectSystem = "strict";
+          PrivateTmp = true;
+          PrivateDevices = true;
+          ProtectHostname = true;
+          ProtectClock = true;
+          ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+          ProtectKernelModules = true;
+          ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+          ProtectControlGroups = true;
+          NoNewPrivileges = true;
+          RestrictRealtime = true;
+          RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+          RemoveIPC = true;
+          PrivateMounts = true;
+          DynamicUser = true;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+}
+