diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/alsa.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/alsa.nix
index c1ee7023aa1f..7bd0200e3c02 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/alsa.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/alsa.nix
@@ -44,9 +44,15 @@ let
     in
     lib.forEach options (i: "options ${i.driver} index=${toList i.ids} id=${toList i.names}");
 
-  defaultDeviceVars = {
+  pluginsPath = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    name = "alsa-with-plugins";
+    paths = cfg.plugins;
+  };
+
+  alsaVariables = {
     "ALSA_AUDIO_OUT" = cfg.defaultDevice.playback;
     "ALSA_AUDIO_IN" = cfg.defaultDevice.capture;
+    "ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR" = lib.mkIf (cfg.plugins != [ ]) "${pluginsPath}/lib/alsa-lib";
   };
 
 in
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ in
 
     enableOSSEmulation = lib.mkEnableOption "the OSS emulation";
 
+    enableBluetooth = lib.mkEnableOption "Bluetooth audio support via BlueALSA";
+
     enableRecorder = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.bool;
       default = false;
@@ -125,6 +133,15 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    plugins = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.package;
+      default = [ ];
+      example = lib.literalExpression "[ pkgs.bluez-alsa ]";
+      description = ''
+        List of ALSA plugins to be added to the search path.
+      '';
+    };
+
     defaultDevice.playback = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
       default = "";
@@ -392,8 +409,8 @@ in
       };
 
       # Set default PCM devices
-      environment.sessionVariables = defaultDeviceVars;
-      systemd.globalEnvironment = defaultDeviceVars;
+      environment.sessionVariables = alsaVariables;
+      systemd.globalEnvironment = alsaVariables;
 
       environment.etc."asound.conf".text = cfg.config;
 
@@ -412,6 +429,33 @@ in
       environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.alsa-utils ];
     })
 
+    (lib.mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.enableBluetooth) {
+
+      users.users.bluealsa = {
+        description = "BlueALSA daemons user";
+        isSystemUser = true;
+        group = "audio";
+      };
+
+      # Link ALSA configuration
+      environment.etc."alsa/conf.d/20-bluealsa.conf".source =
+        "${pkgs.bluez-alsa}/etc/alsa/conf.d/20-bluealsa.conf";
+
+      # Install plugin
+      hardware.alsa.plugins = [ pkgs.bluez-alsa ];
+
+      # Install CLI tools and systemd units
+      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.bluez-alsa ];
+      systemd.packages = [ pkgs.bluez-alsa ];
+
+      # See Nixpkgs issue #81138
+      systemd.services."bluealsa".wantedBy = [ "bluetooth.target" ];
+
+      # Note: bluealsa-aplay is available but we don't start it
+      # by default, it's only needed to make the machine act as
+      # bluetooth speaker
+    })
+
     (lib.mkIf config.hardware.alsa.enablePersistence {
 
       # Install udev rules for restoring card settings on boot
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bl/bluez-alsa/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bl/bluez-alsa/package.nix
index bc7500df3b5b..3bdce7e545e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bl/bluez-alsa/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bl/bluez-alsa/package.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
   readline,
   sbc,
   python3,
+  systemdSupport ? true,
+  systemdLibs,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
     python3
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional systemdSupport systemdLibs;
 
   buildInputs = [
     alsa-lib
@@ -49,9 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libbsd
     ncurses
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals aacSupport [
-    fdk_aac
-  ];
+  ++ lib.optional aacSupport fdk_aac;
 
   configureFlags = [
     (lib.enableFeature aacSupport "aac")
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.enableFeature true "rfcomm")
     (lib.withFeatureAs true "alsaplugindir" "${placeholder "out"}/lib/alsa-lib")
     (lib.withFeatureAs true "dbusconfdir" "${placeholder "out"}/share/dbus-1/system.d")
+    (lib.enableFeature systemdSupport "systemd")
+    (lib.withFeatureAs systemdSupport "systemdsystemunitdir" "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system")
+    (lib.withFeatureAs systemdSupport "bluealsauser" "bluealsa")
+    (lib.withFeatureAs systemdSupport "bluealsaaplayuser" "bluealsa")
   ];
 
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };