diff --git a/helpers/gui/gnome.nix b/helpers/gui/gnome.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ab0eebf9b..000000000
--- a/helpers/gui/gnome.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
-
-{
-  # start gnome/gdm on boot
-  services.xserver.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
-
-  # gnome does networking stuff with networkmanager
-  networking.useDHCP = false;
-  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
-  networking.wireless.enable = lib.mkForce false;
-}
diff --git a/modules/gui/default.nix b/modules/gui/default.nix
index 812577604..48f4f41d6 100644
--- a/modules/gui/default.nix
+++ b/modules/gui/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 {
   imports = [
+    ./gnome.nix
     ./phosh.nix
     ./plasma-mobile.nix
     ./sway.nix
diff --git a/modules/gui/gnome.nix b/modules/gui/gnome.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38bd104ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gui/gnome.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, config, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+let
+  cfg = config.colinsane.gui.gnome;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    colinsane.gui.gnome.enable = mkOption {
+      default = false;
+      type = types.bool;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    # start gnome/gdm on boot
+    services.xserver.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
+
+    # gnome does networking stuff with networkmanager
+    networking.useDHCP = false;
+    networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
+    networking.wireless.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+  };
+}