diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
index 8d658a20a1fe..3fff9e78aa19 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
@@ -223,6 +223,17 @@ let
         '';
       };
 
+      enableGnomeKeyring = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        type = types.bool;
+        description = ''
+          If enabled, pam_gnome_keyring will attempt to automatically unlock the
+          user's default Gnome keyring upon login. If the user login password does
+          not match their keyring password, Gnome Keyring will prompt separately
+          after login.
+        '';
+      };
+
       text = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.lines;
         description = "Contents of the PAM service file.";
@@ -273,7 +284,7 @@ let
           # prompts the user for password so we run it once with 'required' at an
           # earlier point and it will run again with 'sufficient' further down.
           # We use try_first_pass the second time to avoid prompting password twice
-          (optionalString (cfg.unixAuth && (config.security.pam.enableEcryptfs || cfg.pamMount || cfg.enableKwallet)) ''
+          (optionalString (cfg.unixAuth && (config.security.pam.enableEcryptfs || cfg.pamMount || cfg.enableKwallet || cfg.enableGnomeKeyring)) ''
               auth required pam_unix.so ${optionalString cfg.allowNullPassword "nullok"} likeauth
               ${optionalString config.security.pam.enableEcryptfs
                 "auth optional ${pkgs.ecryptfs}/lib/security/pam_ecryptfs.so unwrap"}
@@ -282,6 +293,8 @@ let
               ${optionalString cfg.enableKwallet
                 ("auth optional ${pkgs.plasma5.kwallet-pam}/lib/security/pam_kwallet5.so" +
                  " kwalletd=${pkgs.libsForQt5.kwallet.bin}/bin/kwalletd5")}
+              ${optionalString cfg.enableGnomeKeyring
+                ("auth optional ${pkgs.gnome3.gnome_keyring}/lib/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so")}
             '') + ''
           ${optionalString cfg.unixAuth
               "auth sufficient pam_unix.so ${optionalString cfg.allowNullPassword "nullok"} likeauth try_first_pass"}
@@ -351,6 +364,8 @@ let
           ${optionalString (cfg.enableKwallet)
               ("session optional ${pkgs.plasma5.kwallet-pam}/lib/security/pam_kwallet5.so" +
                " kwalletd=${pkgs.libsForQt5.kwallet.bin}/bin/kwalletd5")}
+          ${optionalString (cfg.enableGnomeKeyring)
+              "session optional ${pkgs.gnome3.gnome_keyring}/lib/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start"}
           ${optionalString (config.virtualisation.lxc.lxcfs.enable)
                "session optional ${pkgs.lxcfs}/lib/security/pam_cgfs.so -c freezer,memory,name=systemd,unified,cpuset"}
         '');