diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 426eedfcb439..5c30d74be694 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
   ./services/network-filesystems/drbd.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/nfsd.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/openafs-client/default.nix
+  ./services/network-filesystems/rsyncd.nix
   ./services/network-filesystems/samba.nix
   ./services/networking/amuled.nix
   ./services/networking/avahi-daemon.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/rsyncd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/rsyncd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc17add809b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/rsyncd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.rsyncd;
+
+  motdFile = pkgs.writeText "rsyncd-motd" cfg.motd;
+
+  rsyncdCfg = ""
+    + optionalString (cfg.motd != "") "motd file = ${motdFile}\n"
+    + optionalString (cfg.address != "") "address = ${cfg.address}\n"
+    + optionalString (cfg.port != 873) "port = ${toString cfg.port}\n"
+    + cfg.extraConfig
+    + "\n"
+    + flip concatMapStrings cfg.modules (m: "[${m.name}]\n\tpath = ${m.path}\n"
+      + optionalString (m.comment != "") "\tcomment = ${m.comment}\n"
+      + m.extraConfig
+      + "\n"
+    );
+
+  rsyncdCfgFile = pkgs.writeText "rsyncd.conf" rsyncdCfg;
+
+in
+
+{
+  options = {
+
+    services.rsyncd = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+	description = "Whether to enable the rsync daemon.";
+      };
+
+      motd = mkOption {
+        type = types.string;
+        default = "";
+	description = ''
+	  Message of the day to display to clients on each connect.
+	  This usually contains site information and any legal notices.
+	'';
+      };
+
+      port = mkOption {
+        default = 873;
+	type = types.int;
+	description = "TCP port the daemon will listen on.";
+      };
+
+      address = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+	example = "192.168.1.2";
+	description = ''
+	  IP address the daemon will listen on; rsyncd will listen on
+	  all addresses if this is not specified.
+	'';
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+	default = "";
+	description = ''
+	  Lines of configuration to add to rsyncd globally.
+	  See <literal>man rsyncd.conf</literal> for more options.
+	'';
+      };
+
+      modules = mkOption {
+        default = [ ];
+	example = [ 
+	  { name = "ftp"; 
+	    path = "/home/ftp"; 
+	    comment = "ftp export area";
+	    extraConfig = ''
+	      secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
+	    '';
+	  }
+	];
+	description = "The list of file paths to export.";
+	type = types.listOf types.optionSet;
+
+	options = {
+
+	  name = mkOption {
+	    example = "ftp";
+	    type = types.string;
+	    description = "Name of export module.";
+	  };
+
+	  comment = mkOption {
+	    default = "";
+	    description = ''
+	      Description string that is displayed next to the module name
+	      when clients obtain a list of available modules.
+	    '';
+	  };
+
+	  path = mkOption {
+	    example = "/home/ftp";
+	    type = types.string;
+	    description = "Directory to make available in this module.";
+   	  };
+
+          extraConfig = mkOption {
+            type = types.lines;
+	    default = "";
+            description = ''
+	      Lines of configuration to add to this module.
+	      See <literal>man rsyncd.conf</literal> for more options.
+	    '';
+          };
+	};
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    environment.etc = singleton
+    { source = rsyncdCfgFile;
+      target = "rsyncd.conf";
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.rsyncd = {
+      description = "Rsync daemon";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+      path = [ pkgs.rsync ];
+
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync --daemon --no-detach";
+    };
+
+    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
index 5447b21009ff..5265faf87b6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@
 assert enableACLs -> acl != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "rsync-3.0.9";
+  name = "rsync-${version}";
+  version = "3.1.0";
 
   mainSrc = fetchurl {
-    url = http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.9.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "01bw4klqsrlhh3i9lazd485sd9qx5djvnwa21lj2h3a9sn6hzw9h";
+    url = "http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0kirw8wglqvwi1v8bwxp373g03xg857h59j5k3mmgff9gzvj7jl1";
   };
 
   patchesSrc = fetchurl {
-    url = http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-patches-3.0.9.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0c1e9b56e99667dfc47641124460bac61a04c5d2ee89f575c6bc78c7a69005a9";
+    url = "http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-patches-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0sl8aadpjblvbb05vgais40z90yzhr09rwz0cykjdiv452gli75p";
   };
 
   srcs = [mainSrc] ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableCopyDevicesPatch patchesSrc;
@@ -30,6 +31,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons stdenv.lib.maintainers.emery ];
   };
 }