diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
index db20831ead8e..30da98faa330 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ was accordingly renamed to <literal>electron</literal>
   </para>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem>
+  <para>
+    The VirtualBox host and guest options have been moved/renamed more
+    consistently and less confusing to be now found in
+    <literal>virtualisation.virtualbox.host.*</literal> instead of
+    <literal>services.virtualboxHost.*</literal> and
+    <literal>virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.*</literal> instead of
+    <literal>services.virtualboxGuest.*</literal>.
+  </para>
+</listitem>
+
 <listitem>
   <para>
     Haskell packages can no longer be found by name, i.e. the commands
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 7874c8462ca3..abecc065634a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ in zipModules ([]
 ++ obsolete [ "services" "xserver" "startOpenSSHAgent" ] [ "programs" "ssh" "startAgent" ]
 
 # VirtualBox
-++ obsolete [ "services" "virtualbox" "enable" ] [ "services" "virtualboxGuest" "enable" ]
+++ obsolete [ "services" "virtualbox" "enable" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "guest" "enable" ]
+++ obsolete [ "services" "virtualboxGuest" "enable" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "guest" "enable" ]
+++ obsolete [ "programs" "virtualbox" "enable" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "host" "enable" ]
+++ obsolete [ "programs" "virtualbox" "addNetworkInterface" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "host" "addNetworkInterface" ]
+++ obsolete [ "programs" "virtualbox" "enableHardening" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "host" "enableHardening" ]
+++ obsolete [ "services" "virtualboxHost" "enable" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "host" "enable" ]
+++ obsolete [ "services" "virtualboxHost" "addNetworkInterface" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "host" "addNetworkInterface" ]
+++ obsolete [ "services" "virtualboxHost" "enableHardening" ] [ "virtualisation" "virtualbox" "host" "enableHardening" ]
 
 # Tarsnap
 ++ obsolete [ "services" "tarsnap" "config" ] [ "services" "tarsnap" "archives" ]
@@ -144,8 +151,6 @@ in zipModules ([]
 # DNSCrypt-proxy
 ++ obsolete [ "services" "dnscrypt-proxy" "port" ] [ "services" "dnscrypt-proxy" "localPort" ]
 
-++ obsolete [ "services" "virtualboxHost" ] [ "programs" "virtualbox" ]
-
 # Options that are obsolete and have no replacement.
 ++ obsolete' [ "boot" "loader" "grub" "bootDevice" ]
 ++ obsolete' [ "boot" "initrd" "luks" "enable" ]
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix
index 6c4014fc4a1e..642ea3154b1b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with lib;
 
 let
 
-  cfg = config.services.virtualboxGuest;
+  cfg = config.virtualisation.virtualbox.guest;
   kernel = config.boot.kernelPackages;
 
 in
@@ -15,20 +15,11 @@ in
 
   ###### interface
 
-  options = {
-
-    services.virtualboxGuest = {
-
-      enable = mkOption {
-        default = false;
-        description = "Whether to enable the VirtualBox service and other guest additions.";
-      };
-
-    };
-
+  options.virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = mkOption {
+    default = false;
+    description = "Whether to enable the VirtualBox service and other guest additions.";
   };
 
-
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix
index b8b3d62a0319..00486df5c4ba 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  cfg = config.programs.virtualbox;
+  cfg = config.virtualisation.virtualbox.host;
   virtualbox = config.boot.kernelPackages.virtualbox.override {
     inherit (cfg) enableHardening;
   };
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let
 in
 
 {
-  options.programs.virtualbox = {
+  options.virtualisation.virtualbox.host = {
     enable = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
       default = false;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
index 4895eb134dc1..83a8b2835dc2 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let
       fsType = "vboxsf";
     };
 
-    services.virtualboxGuest.enable = true;
+    virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true;
 
     boot.initrd.kernelModules = [
       "af_packet" "vboxsf"
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ in {
       vmConfigs = mapAttrsToList mkVMConf vboxVMs;
     in [ ./common/user-account.nix ./common/x11.nix ] ++ vmConfigs;
     virtualisation.memorySize = 768;
-    services.virtualboxHost.enable = true;
+    virtualisation.virtualbox.host.enable = true;
     users.extraUsers.alice.extraGroups = let
-      inherit (config.services.virtualboxHost) enableHardening;
+      inherit (config.virtualisation.virtualbox.host) enableHardening;
     in lib.mkIf enableHardening (lib.singleton "vboxusers");
   };