diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fanout.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fanout.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60ee145f19af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fanout.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.fanout;
+  mknodCmds = n: lib.lists.imap0 (i: s:
+    "mknod /dev/fanout${builtins.toString i} c $MAJOR ${builtins.toString i}"
+  ) (lib.lists.replicate n "");
+in
+{
+  options.services.fanout = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "fanout");
+    fanoutDevices = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 1;
+      description = "Number of /dev/fanout devices";
+    };
+    bufferSize = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 16384;
+      description = "Size of /dev/fanout buffer in bytes";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.fanout.out ];
+
+    boot.kernelModules = [ "fanout" ];
+
+    boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
+      options fanout buffersize=${builtins.toString cfg.bufferSize}
+    '';
+
+    systemd.services.fanout = {
+      description = "Bring up /dev/fanout devices";
+      script = ''
+        MAJOR=$(${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep fanout /proc/devices | ${pkgs.gawk}/bin/awk '{print $1}')
+        ${lib.strings.concatLines (mknodCmds cfg.fanoutDevices)}
+      '';
+
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        User = "root";
+        RemainAfterExit = "yes";
+        Restart = "no";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index b32783d4e2e6..395a638033fe 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   ./config/appstream.nix
   ./config/console.nix
   ./config/debug-info.nix
+  ./config/fanout.nix
   ./config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
   ./config/fonts/fontdir.nix
   ./config/fonts/ghostscript.nix