diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 193cb43118f4c..fe98be7de765d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@
   ./services/torrent/rtorrent.nix
   ./services/torrent/transmission.nix
   ./services/torrent/torrentstream.nix
+  ./services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix
   ./services/tracing/tempo.nix
   ./services/ttys/getty.nix
   ./services/ttys/gpm.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix b/nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e3f0c598caf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/torrent/qbittorrent.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  utils,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.qbittorrent;
+  inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep isAttrs isString;
+  inherit (lib)
+    literalExpression
+    getExe
+    mkEnableOption
+    mkOption
+    mkPackageOption
+    mkIf
+    maintainers
+    escape
+    collect
+    mapAttrsRecursive
+    ;
+  inherit (lib.types)
+    str
+    port
+    path
+    nullOr
+    unspecified
+    ;
+  inherit (lib.generators) toINI mkKeyValueDefault mkValueStringDefault;
+  gendeepINI = toINI {
+    mkKeyValue =
+      let
+        sep = "=";
+      in
+      k: v:
+      if isAttrs v then
+        concatStringsSep "\n" (
+          collect isString (
+            mapAttrsRecursive (
+              path: value:
+              "${escape [ sep ] (concatStringsSep "\\" ([ k ] ++ path))}${sep}${mkValueStringDefault { } value}"
+            ) v
+          )
+        )
+      else
+        mkKeyValueDefault { } sep k v;
+  };
+in
+{
+  options.services.qbittorrent = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "qbittorrent, BitTorrent client";
+
+    package = mkPackageOption pkgs "qbittorrent-nox" { };
+
+    user = mkOption {
+      type = str;
+      default = "qbittorrent";
+      description = "User account under which qbittorrent runs.";
+    };
+
+    group = mkOption {
+      type = str;
+      default = "qbittorrent";
+      description = "Group under which qbittorrent runs.";
+    };
+
+    profileDir = mkOption {
+      type = path;
+      default = "/var/lib/qBittorrent/";
+      description = "the path passed to qbittorrent via --profile.";
+    };
+
+    openFirewall = mkEnableOption "opening both the webuiPort and torrentPort over TCP in the firewall";
+
+    webuiPort = mkOption {
+      default = 8080;
+      type = port;
+      description = "the port passed to qbittorrent via `--webui-port`";
+    };
+
+    torrentingPort = mkOption {
+      type = nullOr port;
+      description = "the port passed to qbittorrent via `--torrenting-port`";
+    };
+
+    serverConfig = mkOption {
+      type = unspecified;
+      description = ''
+        Free-form settings mapped to the `qBittorrent.conf` file in the profile.
+        Refer to [Explanation-of-Options-in-qBittorrent](https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Explanation-of-Options-in-qBittorrent)
+        the Password_PBKDF2 format is oddly unique, you will likely want to use [this tool](https://codeberg.org/feathecutie/qbittorrent_password) to generate the format.
+        alternatively you can run qBittorrent independently first and use its webUI to generate the format.
+      '';
+      example = literalExpression ''
+        {
+          LegalNotice.Accepted = true;
+          Preferences = {
+            WebUI = {
+              Username = "user";
+              Password_PBKDF2 = "generated ByteArray.";
+            };
+            General.Locale = "en";
+          };
+        }
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd = {
+      tmpfiles.settings = {
+        qbittorrent = {
+          "${cfg.profileDir}/qBittorrent/"."d" = {
+            mode = "700";
+            inherit (cfg) user group;
+          };
+          "${cfg.profileDir}/qBittorrent/config/"."d" = {
+            mode = "700";
+            inherit (cfg) user group;
+          };
+          "${cfg.profileDir}/qBittorrent/config/qBittorrent.conf"."L+" = {
+            mode = "1500";
+            inherit (cfg) user group;
+            argument = "${pkgs.writeText "qBittorrent.conf" (gendeepINI cfg.serverConfig)}";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+      services.qbittorrent = {
+        description = "qbittorrent BitTorrent client";
+        wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+        after = [
+          "local-fs.target"
+          "network-online.target"
+          "nss-lookup.target"
+        ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "simple";
+          User = cfg.user;
+          Group = cfg.group;
+          ExecStart = utils.escapeSystemdExecArgs (
+            [
+              (getExe cfg.package)
+              "--profile=${cfg.profileDir}"
+              "--webui-port=${toString cfg.webuiPort}"
+            ]
+            ++ lib.optional (cfg.torrentingPort != null) "--torrenting-port=${toString cfg.torrentingPort}"
+          );
+          TimeoutStopSec = 1800;
+
+          # https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/pull/6806#discussion_r121478661
+          PrivateTmp = false;
+
+          PrivateNetwork = false;
+          RemoveIPC = true;
+          NoNewPrivileges = true;
+          PrivateDevices = true;
+          PrivateUsers = true;
+          ProtectHome = "yes";
+          ProtectProc = "invisible";
+          ProcSubset = "pid";
+          ProtectSystem = "full";
+          ProtectClock = true;
+          ProtectHostname = true;
+          ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+          ProtectKernelModules = true;
+          ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+          ProtectControlGroups = true;
+          RestrictAddressFamilies = [
+            "AF_INET"
+            "AF_INET6"
+            "AF_NETLINK"
+          ];
+          RestrictNamespaces = true;
+          RestrictRealtime = true;
+          RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+          LockPersonality = true;
+          MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+          SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+          CapabilityBoundingSet = "";
+          SystemCallFilter = [ "@system-service" ];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    users = {
+      users = mkIf (cfg.user == "qbittorrent") {
+        qbittorrent = {
+          inherit (cfg) group;
+          isSystemUser = true;
+        };
+      };
+      groups = mkIf (cfg.group == "qbittorrent") { qbittorrent = { }; };
+    };
+
+    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = mkIf cfg.openFirewall (
+      [ cfg.webuiPort ] ++ lib.optional (cfg.torrentingPort != null) cfg.torrentingPort
+    );
+  };
+  meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ fsnkty ];
+}