diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index a27baa701834..e34818c85191 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@
   ./services/misc/sysprof.nix
   ./services/misc/taskserver
   ./services/misc/tiddlywiki.nix
+  ./services/misc/tp-auto-kbbl.nix
   ./services/misc/tzupdate.nix
   ./services/misc/uhub.nix
   ./services/misc/weechat.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/tp-auto-kbbl.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/tp-auto-kbbl.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ddece88e560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/tp-auto-kbbl.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let cfg = config.services.tp-auto-kbbl;
+
+in {
+  meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ sebtm ];
+
+  options = {
+    services.tp-auto-kbbl = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Auto toggle keyboard back-lighting on Thinkpads (and maybe other laptops) for Linux";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.tp-auto-kbbl;
+        defaultText = literalExample "pkgs.tp-auto-kbbl";
+        description = "Package providing <command>tp-auto-kbbl</command>.";
+      };
+
+      arguments = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.str;
+        default = [ ];
+        description = ''
+          List of arguments appended to <literal>./tp-auto-kbbl --device [device] [arguments]</literal>
+        '';
+      };
+
+      device = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "/dev/input/event0";
+        description = "Device watched for activities.";
+      };
+
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+    systemd.services.tp-auto-kbbl = {
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = concatStringsSep " "
+          ([ "${cfg.package}/bin/tp-auto-kbbl" "--device ${cfg.device}" ] ++ cfg.arguments);
+        Restart = "always";
+        Type = "simple";
+      };
+
+      unitConfig = {
+        Description = "Auto toggle keyboard backlight";
+        Documentation = "https://github.com/saibotd/tp-auto-kbbl";
+        After = [ "dbus.service" ];
+      };
+
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/tp-auto-kbbl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/tp-auto-kbbl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa257fc2a361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/tp-auto-kbbl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+, dbus
+, pkg-config
+, openssl
+, libevdev
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "tp-auto-kbbl";
+  version = "0.1.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "saibotd";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0db9h15zyz2sq5r1qmq41288i54rhdl30qy08snpsh6sx2q4443y";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0m1gcvshbd9cfb0v6f86kbcfjxb4p9cxynmxgi4nxkhaszfyf56c";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ dbus libevdev openssl ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Auto toggle keyboard back-lighting on Thinkpads (and maybe other laptops) for Linux";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/saibotd/tp-auto-kbbl";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sebtm ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a561b3672c4a..6ec1f000e7cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -32267,6 +32267,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   thinkfan = callPackage ../tools/system/thinkfan { };
 
+  tp-auto-kbbl = callPackage ../tools/system/tp-auto-kbbl { };
+
   tup = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/tup { };
 
   tusk = callPackage ../applications/office/tusk { };