diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 503dd87ad4d9..8bdd6927c466 100755
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@
   ./services/networking/kippo.nix
   ./services/networking/mailpile.nix
   ./services/networking/minidlna.nix
+  ./services/networking/mstpd.nix
   ./services/networking/murmur.nix
   ./services/networking/nat.nix
   ./services/networking/networkmanager.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/mstpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mstpd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d1fc4a65427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mstpd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.mstpd;
+in
+with lib;
+{
+  options.services.mstpd = {
+    
+    enable = mkOption {
+      default = false;
+      type = types.bool;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to enable the multiple spanning tree protocol daemon.
+      '';
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.mstpd ];
+
+    systemd.services.mstpd = {
+      description = "Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Daemon";
+      wantedBy = [ "network.target" ];
+      unitConfig.ConditionCapability = "CAP_NET_ADMIN";
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "forking";
+        ExecStart = "@${pkgs.mstpd}/bin/mstpd mstpd";
+        PIDFile = "/run/mstpd.pid";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
index 9d61a4b05301..da0d8530241b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces-scripted.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ let
     ip link del "${i}" 2>/dev/null || true
   '';
 
+  needsMstpd = any ({ rstp, ... }: rstp) (attrValues cfg.bridges);
+
 in
 
 {
@@ -185,13 +187,14 @@ in
           in
           { description = "Bridge Interface ${n}";
             wantedBy = [ "network.target" (subsystemDevice n) ];
-            bindsTo = deps;
-            after = [ "network-pre.target" ] ++ deps
+            bindsTo = deps ++ optional v.rstp "mstpd.service";
+            partOf = optional v.rstp "mstpd.service";
+            after = [ "network-pre.target" "mstpd.service" ] ++ deps
               ++ concatMap (i: [ "network-addresses-${i}.service" "network-link-${i}.service" ]) v.interfaces;
             before = [ "network-interfaces.target" (subsystemDevice n) ];
             serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
             serviceConfig.RemainAfterExit = true;
-            path = [ pkgs.iproute ];
+            path = [ pkgs.iproute ] ++ optional v.rstp pkgs.mstpd;
             script = ''
               # Remove Dead Interfaces
               echo "Removing old bridge ${n}..."
@@ -206,6 +209,13 @@ in
                 ip link set "${i}" up
               '')}
 
+              # Enable rstp on the interface
+              ${optionalString v.rstp ''
+                echo 1 >/sys/class/net/${n}/bridge/stp_state
+                mstpctl addbridge "${n}"
+                mstpctl setforcevers "${n}" rstp
+              ''}
+
               ip link set "${n}" up
             '';
             postStop = ''
@@ -343,6 +353,8 @@ in
         KERNEL=="tun", TAG+="systemd"
       '';
 
+    services.mstpd = mkIf needsMstpd { enable = true; };
+
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
index 4a272483e549..9f72e0f0d509 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
@@ -368,6 +368,13 @@ in
             "The physical network interfaces connected by the bridge.";
         };
 
+        rstp = mkOption {
+          example = true;
+          default = false;
+          type = types.bool;
+          description = "Whether the bridge interface should enable rstp.";
+        };
+
       };
 
     };