diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index 71ba9d06e24c..ce131b8a55d2 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   ./security/sudo.nix
   ./services/audio/alsa.nix
   ./services/audio/pulseaudio.nix
+  ./services/backup/hydra-mirror.nix
   ./services/backup/mysql-backup.nix
   ./services/backup/postgresql-backup.nix
   ./services/backup/sitecopy-backup.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/backup/hydra-mirror.nix b/modules/services/backup/hydra-mirror.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89971095763a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/backup/hydra-mirror.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let 
+  cfg = config.services.hydraChannelMirror ;
+  mirrorChannel = pkgs.fetchsvn {
+    url = https://svn.nixos.org/repos/nix/release/trunk/channels/mirror-channel.pl;
+    rev = 23988;
+    sha256 = "1h06clvhr3zz378d8fblhwynvzk1smq7fipv7caakakfd31cv8i6";
+  };
+  cronjob = jobset : ''
+    ${cfg.period} root perl -I${config.environment.nix}/libexec/nix ${mirrorChannel} \
+        ${cfg.hydraURL}/jobset/${jobset.project}/${jobset.jobset}/channel/latest \
+        ${cfg.dataDir}/channels/${jobset.relURL} \
+        ${cfg.dataDir}/nars \
+        ${cfg.mirrorURL}/nars \
+        ${cfg.dataDir}/patches \
+        ${cfg.mirrorURL}/patches \
+        ${if jobset.nixexprs == "" then "" else "${cfg.hydraURL}/job/${jobset.project}/${jobset.jobset}/${jobset.nixexprs}/latest/download-by-type/file/source-dist"} \
+        >> ${cfg.dataDir}/logs/${jobset.name}.log
+  '';
+in
+{
+  options = {
+  
+    services.hydraChannelMirror = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable Hydra channel mirroring.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      period = mkOption {
+        default = "15 * * * *";
+        description = ''
+          This option defines (in the format used by cron) when the
+          mirroring should occur.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      jobsets = mkOption {
+        default = [ rec { name = "nixpkgs-unstable"; project = "nixpkgs"; jobset = "trunk"; nixexprs = "tarball"; relURL = "nixpkgs/channels/${name}"; } ];
+        description = ''
+          List of jobsets to mirror.
+        '';
+      };
+ 
+      hydraURL = mkOption {
+        default = "http://hydra.nixos.org";
+        description = ''
+          Location (URL) of Hydra instance
+        '';
+      };
+
+      mirrorURL = mkOption {
+        default = "http://nixos.org/releases";
+        description = ''
+          Location (URL) of Hydra mirror
+        '';
+      };
+
+      dataDir = mkOption {
+        default = "/data/hydra-mirror";
+        description = ''
+          Location of Hydra mirror data
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+  
+    services.cron.systemCronJobs = map cronjob cfg.jobsets ;
+
+    system.activationScripts.hydraChannelMirror = stringAfter [ "stdio" "users" ]
+      ''
+        mkdir -m 0755 -p ${cfg.dataDir}
+        mkdir -m 0755 -p ${cfg.dataDir}/nars
+        mkdir -m 0755 -p ${cfg.dataDir}/patches
+        mkdir -m 0755 -p ${cfg.dataDir}/channels
+        mkdir -m 0755 -p ${cfg.dataDir}/logs
+        ${concatMapStrings (j : ''
+        mkdir -m 0755 -p ${cfg.dataDir}/channels/${j.relURL}
+        '') cfg.jobsets}
+      '';
+    
+  };
+  
+}