diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index dc59ccb357d4..5b278b5e8062 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ in
       #dialout = 27; # unused
       polkituser = 28;
       #utmp = 29; # unused
-      # ddclient = 30; # software removed
+      # ddclient = 30; # converted to DynamicUser = true
       davfs2 = 31;
       disnix = 33;
       osgi = 34;
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ in
       dialout = 27;
       #polkituser = 28; # currently unused, polkitd doesn't need a group
       utmp = 29;
-      # ddclient = 30; # software removed
+      # ddclient = 30; # converted to DynamicUser = true
       davfs2 = 31;
       disnix = 33;
       osgi = 34;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 2c06f4931725..79918f71f7be 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@
   ./services/networking/dae.nix
   ./services/networking/dante.nix
   ./services/networking/deconz.nix
+  ./services/networking/ddclient.nix
   ./services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
   ./services/networking/dnscache.nix
   ./services/networking/dnscrypt-proxy2.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 408c515044c8..0fbb2351f986 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ in
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "chronos" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "couchpotato" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "dd-agent" ] "dd-agent was removed from nixpkgs in favor of the newer datadog-agent.")
-    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "ddclient" ] "ddclient has been removed on the request of the upstream maintainer because it is unmaintained and has bugs. Please switch to a different software like `inadyn` or `knsupdate`.") # Added 2023-07-04
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "dnscrypt-proxy" ] "Use services.dnscrypt-proxy2 instead")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "exhibitor" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ddclient.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ddclient.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4985a2dd4b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ddclient.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.ddclient;
+  boolToStr = bool: if bool then "yes" else "no";
+  dataDir = "/var/lib/ddclient";
+  StateDirectory = builtins.baseNameOf dataDir;
+  RuntimeDirectory = StateDirectory;
+
+  configFile' = pkgs.writeText "ddclient.conf" ''
+    # This file can be used as a template for configFile or is automatically generated by Nix options.
+    cache=${dataDir}/ddclient.cache
+    foreground=YES
+    use=${cfg.use}
+    login=${cfg.username}
+    password=${if cfg.protocol == "nsupdate" then "/run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.key" else "@password_placeholder@"}
+    protocol=${cfg.protocol}
+    ${lib.optionalString (cfg.script != "") "script=${cfg.script}"}
+    ${lib.optionalString (cfg.server != "") "server=${cfg.server}"}
+    ${lib.optionalString (cfg.zone != "")   "zone=${cfg.zone}"}
+    ssl=${boolToStr cfg.ssl}
+    wildcard=YES
+    quiet=${boolToStr cfg.quiet}
+    verbose=${boolToStr cfg.verbose}
+    ${cfg.extraConfig}
+    ${lib.concatStringsSep "," cfg.domains}
+  '';
+  configFile = if (cfg.configFile != null) then cfg.configFile else configFile';
+
+  preStart = ''
+    install --mode=600 --owner=$USER ${configFile} /run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.conf
+    ${lib.optionalString (cfg.configFile == null) (if (cfg.protocol == "nsupdate") then ''
+      install --mode=600 --owner=$USER ${cfg.passwordFile} /run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.key
+    '' else if (cfg.passwordFile != null) then ''
+      "${pkgs.replace-secret}/bin/replace-secret" "@password_placeholder@" "${cfg.passwordFile}" "/run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.conf"
+    '' else ''
+      sed -i '/^password=@password_placeholder@$/d' /run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.conf
+    '')}
+  '';
+
+in
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+
+  imports = [
+    (mkChangedOptionModule [ "services" "ddclient" "domain" ] [ "services" "ddclient" "domains" ]
+      (config:
+        let value = getAttrFromPath [ "services" "ddclient" "domain" ] config;
+        in optional (value != "") value))
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "ddclient" "homeDir" ] "")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "ddclient" "password" ] "Use services.ddclient.passwordFile instead.")
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "ddclient" "ipv6" ] "")
+  ];
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.ddclient = with lib.types; {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        type = bool;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Whether to synchronise your machine's IP address with a dynamic DNS provider (e.g. dyndns.org).
+        '';
+      };
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = package;
+        default = pkgs.ddclient;
+        defaultText = lib.literalExpression "pkgs.ddclient";
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          The ddclient executable package run by the service.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      domains = mkOption {
+        default = [ "" ];
+        type = listOf str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Domain name(s) to synchronize.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      username = mkOption {
+        # For `nsupdate` username contains the path to the nsupdate executable
+        default = lib.optionalString (config.services.ddclient.protocol == "nsupdate") "${pkgs.bind.dnsutils}/bin/nsupdate";
+        defaultText = "";
+        type = str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          User name.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      passwordFile = mkOption {
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          A file containing the password or a TSIG key in named format when using the nsupdate protocol.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      interval = mkOption {
+        default = "10min";
+        type = str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          The interval at which to run the check and update.
+          See {command}`man 7 systemd.time` for the format.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      configFile = mkOption {
+        default = null;
+        type = nullOr path;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Path to configuration file.
+          When set this overrides the generated configuration from module options.
+        '';
+        example = "/root/nixos/secrets/ddclient.conf";
+      };
+
+      protocol = mkOption {
+        default = "dyndns2";
+        type = str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Protocol to use with dynamic DNS provider (see https://sourceforge.net/p/ddclient/wiki/protocols).
+        '';
+      };
+
+      server = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        type = str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Server address.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      ssl = mkOption {
+        default = true;
+        type = bool;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Whether to use SSL/TLS to connect to dynamic DNS provider.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      quiet = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        type = bool;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Print no messages for unnecessary updates.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      script = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        type = str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          script as required by some providers.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      use = mkOption {
+        default = "web, web=checkip.dyndns.com/, web-skip='Current IP Address: '";
+        type = str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Method to determine the IP address to send to the dynamic DNS provider.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      verbose = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        type = bool;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Print verbose information.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      zone = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        type = str;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          zone as required by some providers.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        type = lines;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Extra configuration. Contents will be added verbatim to the configuration file.
+
+          ::: {.note}
+          `daemon` should not be added here because it does not work great with the systemd-timer approach the service uses.
+          :::
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf config.services.ddclient.enable {
+    systemd.services.ddclient = {
+      description = "Dynamic DNS Client";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      restartTriggers = optional (cfg.configFile != null) cfg.configFile;
+      path = lib.optional (lib.hasPrefix "if," cfg.use) pkgs.iproute2;
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        DynamicUser = true;
+        RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0700";
+        inherit RuntimeDirectory;
+        inherit StateDirectory;
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        ExecStartPre = "!${pkgs.writeShellScript "ddclient-prestart" preStart}";
+        ExecStart = "${lib.getBin cfg.package}/bin/ddclient -file /run/${RuntimeDirectory}/ddclient.conf";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.timers.ddclient = {
+      description = "Run ddclient";
+      wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+      timerConfig = {
+        OnBootSec = cfg.interval;
+        OnUnitInactiveSec = cfg.interval;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ddclient/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ddclient/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b39af1930100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ddclient/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, perlPackages, autoreconfHook, iproute2, perl }:
+
+perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
+  pname = "ddclient";
+  version = "3.10.0";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ddclient";
+    repo = "ddclient";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-wWUkjXwVNZRJR1rXPn3IkDRi9is9vsRuNC/zq8RpB1E=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    touch Makefile.PL
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  buildInputs = with perlPackages; [ IOSocketINET6 IOSocketSSL JSONPP ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    # patch sheebang ddclient script which only exists after buildPhase
+    preConfigure
+    install -Dm755 ddclient $out/bin/ddclient
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/share/doc/ddclient COP* README.* ChangeLog.md
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  # TODO: run upstream tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Client for updating dynamic DNS service entries";
+    homepage = "https://ddclient.net/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 9d2e755ca144..4e52ec42d82e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ mapAliases ({
   bird2 = bird; # Added 2022-02-21
   bitwig-studio1 = throw "bitwig-studio1 has been removed, you can upgrade to 'bitwig-studio'"; # Added 2023-01-03
   bitwig-studio2 = throw "bitwig-studio2 has been removed, you can upgrade to 'bitwig-studio'"; # Added 2023-01-03
-  ddclient = throw "ddclient has been removed on the request of the upstream maintainer because it is unmaintained and has bugs. Please switch to a different software like `inadyn` or `knsupdate`."; # Added 2023-07-04
   bluezFull = throw "'bluezFull' has been renamed to/replaced by 'bluez'"; # Converted to throw 2023-09-10
   boost168 = throw "boost168 has been deprecated in favor of the latest version"; # Added 2023-06-08
   boost169 = throw "boost169 has been deprecated in favor of the latest version"; # Added 2023-06-08
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dc67c15628ca..9a56cba3b54a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7425,6 +7425,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ddcutil = callPackage ../tools/misc/ddcutil { };
 
+  ddclient = callPackage ../tools/networking/ddclient { };
+
   dd_rescue = callPackage ../tools/system/dd_rescue { };
 
   ddh = callPackage ../tools/system/ddh { };