diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 5271cbebc261..f72be732216e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@
   ./services/games/minecraft-server.nix
   ./services/games/minetest-server.nix
   ./services/games/openarena.nix
+  ./services/games/quake3-server.nix
   ./services/games/teeworlds.nix
   ./services/games/terraria.nix
   ./services/hardware/acpid.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/games/quake3-server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/games/quake3-server.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1dc01260e8fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/games/quake3-server.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.quake3-server;
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "q3ds-extra.cfg" ''
+    set net_port ${builtins.toString cfg.port}
+
+    ${cfg.extraConfig}
+  '';
+  defaultBaseq3 = pkgs.requireFile rec {
+    name = "baseq3";
+    hashMode = "recursive";
+    sha256 = "5dd8ee09eabd45e80450f31d7a8b69b846f59738726929298d8a813ce5725ed3";
+    message = ''
+      Unfortunately, we cannot download ${name} automatically.
+      Please purchase a legitimate copy of Quake 3 and change into the installation directory.
+
+      You can either add all relevant files to the nix-store like this:
+      mkdir /tmp/baseq3
+      cp baseq3/pak*.pk3 /tmp/baseq3
+      nix-store --add-fixed sha256 --recursive /tmp/baseq3
+
+      Alternatively you can set services.quake3-server.baseq3 to a path and copy the baseq3 directory into
+      $services.quake3-server.baseq3/.q3a/
+    '';
+  };
+  home = pkgs.runCommand "quake3-home" {} ''
+      mkdir -p $out/.q3a/baseq3
+
+      for file in ${cfg.baseq3}/*; do
+        ln -s $file $out/.q3a/baseq3/$(basename $file)
+      done
+
+      ln -s ${configFile} $out/.q3a/baseq3/nix.cfg
+  '';
+in {
+  options = {
+    services.quake3-server = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Quake 3 dedicated server";
+
+      port = mkOption {
+        type = types.port;
+        default = 27960;
+        description = ''
+          UDP Port the server should listen on.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      openFirewall = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Open the firewall.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        example = ''
+          seta rconPassword "superSecret"      // sets RCON password for remote console
+          seta sv_hostname "My Quake 3 server"      // name that appears in server list
+        '';
+        description = ''
+          Extra configuration options. Note that options changed via RCON will not be persisted. To list all possible
+          options, use "cvarlist 1" via RCON.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      baseq3 = mkOption {
+        type = types.either types.package types.path;
+        default = defaultBaseq3;
+        example = "/var/lib/q3ds";
+        description = ''
+          Path to the baseq3 files (pak*.pk3). If this is on the nix store (type = package) all .pk3 files should be saved
+          in the top-level directory. If this is on another filesystem (e.g /var/lib/baseq3) the .pk3 files are searched in
+          $baseq3/.q3a/baseq3/
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = let
+    baseq3InStore = builtins.typeOf cfg.baseq3 == "set";
+  in mkIf cfg.enable {
+    networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = mkIf cfg.openFirewall [ cfg.port ];
+
+    systemd.services.q3ds = {
+      description = "Quake 3 dedicated server";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "networking.target" ];
+
+      environment.HOME = if baseq3InStore then home else cfg.baseq3;
+
+      serviceConfig = with lib; {
+        Restart = "always";
+        DynamicUser = true;
+        WorkingDirectory = home;
+
+        # It is possible to alter configuration files via RCON. To ensure reproducibility we have to prevent this
+        ReadOnlyPaths = if baseq3InStore then home else cfg.baseq3;
+        ExecStartPre = optionalString (!baseq3InStore) "+${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/cp ${configFile} ${cfg.baseq3}/.q3a/baseq3/nix.cfg";
+
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.ioquake3}/ioq3ded.x86_64 +exec nix.cfg";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ f4814n ];
+}