diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl b/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl
index 26ce561013b6..6ceb668a595e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ foreach my $u (@{$spec->{users}}) {
     if ($u->{createHome}) {
         make_path($u->{home}, { mode => 0700 }) if ! -e $u->{home} and ! $is_dry;
         chown $u->{uid}, $u->{gid}, $u->{home};
-        chmod 0700, $u->{home};
+        chmod oct($u->{homeMode}), $u->{home};
     }
 
     if (defined $u->{passwordFile}) {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix b/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix
index b0f96c754fa5..e9ce9d5e4118 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/users-groups.nix
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ let
         description = "The user's home directory.";
       };
 
+      homeMode = mkOption {
+        type = types.strMatching "[0-7]{1,5}";
+        default = "700";
+        description = "The user's home directory mode in numeric format. See chmod(1).";
+      };
+
       cryptHomeLuks = mkOption {
         type = with types; nullOr str;
         default = null;
@@ -319,6 +325,7 @@ let
           group = mkDefault "users";
           createHome = mkDefault true;
           home = mkDefault "/home/${config.name}";
+          homeMode = mkDefault "700";
           useDefaultShell = mkDefault true;
           isSystemUser = mkDefault false;
         })
@@ -430,7 +437,7 @@ let
     inherit (cfg) mutableUsers;
     users = mapAttrsToList (_: u:
       { inherit (u)
-          name uid group description home createHome isSystemUser
+          name uid group description home homeMode createHome isSystemUser
           password passwordFile hashedPassword
           autoSubUidGidRange subUidRanges subGidRanges
           initialPassword initialHashedPassword;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index ffccb6b44660..9e206bfcc640 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ in
   upnp = handleTest ./upnp.nix {};
   usbguard = handleTest ./usbguard.nix {};
   user-activation-scripts = handleTest ./user-activation-scripts.nix {};
+  user-home-mode = handleTest ./user-home-mode.nix {};
   uwsgi = handleTest ./uwsgi.nix {};
   v2ray = handleTest ./v2ray.nix {};
   vault = handleTest ./vault.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/user-home-mode.nix b/nixos/tests/user-home-mode.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1366d102a99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/user-home-mode.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }: {
+  name = "user-home-mode";
+  meta = with lib.maintainers; { maintainers = [ fbeffa ]; };
+
+  nodes.machine = {
+    users.users.alice = {
+      initialPassword = "pass1";
+      isNormalUser = true;
+    };
+    users.users.bob = {
+      initialPassword = "pass2";
+      isNormalUser = true;
+      homeMode = "750";
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.wait_for_unit("getty@tty1.service")
+    machine.wait_until_tty_matches(1, "login: ")
+    machine.send_chars("alice\n")
+    machine.wait_until_tty_matches(1, "Password: ")
+    machine.send_chars("pass1\n")
+    machine.succeed('[ "$(stat -c %a /home/alice)" == "700" ]')
+    machine.succeed('[ "$(stat -c %a /home/bob)" == "750" ]')
+  '';
+})