diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index fc05584e2565..9c413e36d568 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
       notbit = 111;
       ngircd = 112;
       btsync = 113;
+      minecraft = 114;
 
       # When adding a uid, make sure it doesn't match an existing gid.
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index e59b0ff5ac2c..652a99e7c5a6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
   ./services/databases/postgresql.nix
   ./services/databases/virtuoso.nix
   ./services/games/ghost-one.nix
+  ./services/games/minecraft-server.nix
   ./services/hardware/acpid.nix
   ./services/hardware/amd-hybrid-graphics.nix
   ./services/hardware/bluetooth.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/games/minecraft-server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/games/minecraft-server.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac70bc53473d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/games/minecraft-server.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.minecraft-server;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    services.minecraft-server = {
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          If enabled, start a Minecraft Server. The listening port for
+          the server is always <literal>25565</literal>. The server
+          data will be loaded from and saved to
+          <literal>/var/lib/minecraft</literal>.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      jvmOpts = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "-Xmx2048M -Xms2048M";
+        description = "JVM options for the Minecraft Service.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    users.extraUsers.minecraft = {
+      description     = "Minecraft Server Service user";
+      home            = "/var/lib/minecraft";
+      createHome      = true;
+      uid             = config.ids.uids.minecraft;
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.minecraft-server = {
+      description   = "Minecraft Server Service";
+      wantedBy      = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after         = [ "network.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig.Restart = "always";
+      serviceConfig.User    = "minecraft";
+      script = ''
+        cd /var/lib/minecraft
+        exec ${pkgs.minecraft-server}/bin/minecraft-server ${cfg.jvmOpts}
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}