diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
index d358b1497209..b8af15f59c95 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
     be set if the hostname of the node should be non default.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+    UPower's configuration is now managed by NixOS and can be customized
+    via <option>services.upower</option>.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
  </section>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/upower.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/upower.nix
index 5e7ac7a6e659..449810b53150 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/upower.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/upower.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,172 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      enableWattsUpPro = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Enable the Watts Up Pro device.
+
+          The Watts Up Pro contains a generic FTDI USB device without a specific
+          vendor and product ID. When we probe for WUP devices, we can cause
+          the user to get a perplexing "Device or resource busy" error when
+          attempting to use their non-WUP device.
+
+          The generic FTDI device is known to also be used on:
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem><para>Sparkfun FT232 breakout board</para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para>Parallax Propeller</para></listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+        '';
+      };
+
+      noPollBatteries = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Don't poll the kernel for battery level changes.
+
+          Some hardware will send us battery level changes through
+          events, rather than us having to poll for it. This option
+          allows disabling polling for hardware that sends out events.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      ignoreLid = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Do we ignore the lid state
+
+          Some laptops are broken. The lid state is either inverted, or stuck
+          on or off. We can't do much to fix these problems, but this is a way
+          for users to make the laptop panel vanish, a state that might be used
+          by a couple of user-space daemons. On Linux systems, see also
+          logind.conf(5).
+        '';
+      };
+
+      usePercentageForPolicy = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = ''
+          Policy for warnings and action based on battery levels
+
+          Whether battery percentage based policy should be used. The default
+          is to use the percentage, which
+          should work around broken firmwares. It is also more reliable than
+          the time left (frantically saving all your files is going to use more
+          battery than letting it rest for example).
+        '';
+      };
+
+      percentageLow = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.unsigned;
+        default = 10;
+        description = ''
+          When <literal>usePercentageForPolicy</literal> is
+          <literal>true</literal>, the levels at which UPower will consider the
+          battery low.
+
+          This will also be used for batteries which don't have time information
+          such as that of peripherals.
+
+          If any value (of <literal>percentageLow</literal>,
+          <literal>percentageCritical</literal> and
+          <literal>percentageAction</literal>) is invalid, or not in descending
+          order, the defaults will be used.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      percentageCritical = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.unsigned;
+        default = 3;
+        description = ''
+          When <literal>usePercentageForPolicy</literal> is
+          <literal>true</literal>, the levels at which UPower will consider the
+          battery critical.
+
+          This will also be used for batteries which don't have time information
+          such as that of peripherals.
+
+          If any value (of <literal>percentageLow</literal>,
+          <literal>percentageCritical</literal> and
+          <literal>percentageAction</literal>) is invalid, or not in descending
+          order, the defaults will be used.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      percentageAction = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.unsigned;
+        default = 2;
+        description = ''
+          When <literal>usePercentageForPolicy</literal> is
+          <literal>true</literal>, the levels at which UPower will take action
+          for the critical battery level.
+
+          This will also be used for batteries which don't have time information
+          such as that of peripherals.
+
+          If any value (of <literal>percentageLow</literal>,
+          <literal>percentageCritical</literal> and
+          <literal>percentageAction</literal>) is invalid, or not in descending
+          order, the defaults will be used.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      timeLow = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.unsigned;
+        default = 1200;
+        description = ''
+          When <literal>usePercentageForPolicy</literal> is
+          <literal>false</literal>, the time remaining at which UPower will
+          consider the battery low.
+
+          If any value (of <literal>timeLow</literal>,
+          <literal>timeCritical</literal> and <literal>timeAction</literal>) is
+          invalid, or not in descending order, the defaults will be used.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      timeCritical = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.unsigned;
+        default = 300;
+        description = ''
+          When <literal>usePercentageForPolicy</literal> is
+          <literal>false</literal>, the time remaining at which UPower will
+          consider the battery critical.
+
+          If any value (of <literal>timeLow</literal>,
+          <literal>timeCritical</literal> and <literal>timeAction</literal>) is
+          invalid, or not in descending order, the defaults will be used.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      timeAction = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.unsigned;
+        default = 120;
+        description = ''
+          When <literal>usePercentageForPolicy</literal> is
+          <literal>false</literal>, the time remaining at which UPower will
+          take action for the critical battery level.
+
+          If any value (of <literal>timeLow</literal>,
+          <literal>timeCritical</literal> and <literal>timeAction</literal>) is
+          invalid, or not in descending order, the defaults will be used.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      criticalPowerAction = mkOption {
+        type = types.enum [ "PowerOff" "Hibernate" "HybridSleep" ];
+        default = "HybridSleep";
+        description = ''
+          The action to take when <literal>timeAction</literal> or
+          <literal>percentageAction</literal> has been reached for the batteries
+          (UPS or laptop batteries) supplying the computer
+        '';
+      };
+
     };
 
   };
@@ -54,6 +220,21 @@ in
 
     systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ];
 
+    environment.etc."UPower/UPower.conf".text = generators.toINI {} {
+      UPower = {
+        EnableWattsUpPro = cfg.enableWattsUpPro;
+        NoPollBatteries = cfg.noPollBatteries;
+        IgnoreLid = cfg.ignoreLid;
+        UsePercentageForPolicy = cfg.usePercentageForPolicy;
+        PercentageLow = cfg.percentageLow;
+        PercentageCritical = cfg.percentageCritical;
+        PercentageAction = cfg.percentageAction;
+        TimeLow = cfg.timeLow;
+        TimeCritical = cfg.timeCritical;
+        TimeAction = cfg.timeAction;
+        CriticalPowerAction = cfg.criticalPowerAction;
+      };
+    };
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upower/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upower/default.nix
index d787acae61b4..ab7f65925ee3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upower/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upower/default.nix
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/systemd/system"
     "--with-systemdutildir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd"
     "--with-udevrulesdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev/rules.d"
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
   ];
 
   doCheck = false; # fails with "env: './linux/integration-test': No such file or directory"
 
   installFlags = [
     "historydir=$(TMPDIR)/foo"
+    "sysconfdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc"
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {