diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix
index 912a6de6b4b5..a8ddd3996038 100644
--- a/system/options.nix
+++ b/system/options.nix
@@ -1847,6 +1847,13 @@ in
         ";
       };
 
+      localUsers = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = "
+          Whether to enable FTP for the local users.
+        ";
+      };
+
       writeEnable = mkOption {
         default = false;
         description = "
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/default.nix b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
index fa92cd57c8f3..4569a9ff1ab2 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/default.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ let
   ++ optional config.services.vsftpd.enable
     (import ../upstart-jobs/vsftpd.nix {
       inherit (pkgs) vsftpd;
-      inherit (config.services.vsftpd) anonymousUser 
+      inherit (config.services.vsftpd) anonymousUser localUsers
         writeEnable anonymousUploadEnable anonymousMkdirEnable;
     })
 
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/vsftpd.nix b/upstart-jobs/vsftpd.nix
index 01a509ea679a..f24ae0490267 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/vsftpd.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/vsftpd.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ vsftpd, anonymousUser
+{ vsftpd, anonymousUser, localUsers
 , anonymousUploadEnable, anonymousMkdirEnable, writeEnable
 }:
 
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ start script
 "anonymous_enable=YES"
     else
 "anonymous_enable=NO") +
+(if localUsers then 
+"
+local_enable=YES"
+else
+"
+local_enable=NO"
+) +
 (if writeEnable then 
 "
 write_enable=YES"
@@ -70,8 +77,16 @@ nopriv_user=vsftpd
 secure_chroot_dir=/var/ftp/empty
 EOF
 
+" + 
+    (if anonymousUser then 
+"
     mkdir -p /home/ftp &&
     chown -R ftp:ftp /home/ftp
+"
+    else "") +
+"
+    mkdir -p /var/ftp/empty &&
+    chown vsftpd /var/ftp/empty
 end script
 
 respawn ${vsftpd}/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd.conf