diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/auditd.nix b/nixos/modules/security/auditd.nix
index 45ea1d9b2af0..fb35ad35aebd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/auditd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/auditd.nix
@@ -4,16 +4,107 @@
   pkgs,
   ...
 }:
+let
+  cfg = config.security.auditd;
 
+  settingsType =
+    with lib.types;
+    nullOr (oneOf [
+      bool
+      nonEmptyStr
+      path
+      int
+    ]);
+
+  prepareConfigValue =
+    v:
+    if lib.isBool v then
+      (if v then "yes" else "no")
+    else if lib.isList v then
+      lib.concatStringsSep " " (map prepareConfigValue v)
+    else
+      builtins.toString v;
+  prepareConfigText =
+    conf:
+    lib.concatLines (
+      lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: if v == null then "#${k} =" else "${k} = ${prepareConfigValue v}") conf
+    );
+in
 {
-  options.security.auditd.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the Linux Audit daemon";
+  options.security.auditd = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the Linux Audit daemon";
+
+    settings = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.submodule {
+        freeformType = lib.types.attrsOf settingsType;
+        options = {
+          # space_left needs to be larger than admin_space_left, yet they default to be the same if left open.
+          space_left = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.either lib.types.int (lib.types.strMatching "[0-9]+%");
+            default = 75;
+            description = ''
+              If the free space in the filesystem containing log_file drops below this value, the audit daemon takes the action specified by
+              {option}`space_left_action`. If the value of {option}`space_left` is specified as a whole number, it is interpreted as an absolute size in mebibytes
+              (MiB). If the value is specified as a number between 1 and 99 followed by a percentage sign (e.g., 5%), the audit daemon calculates
+              the absolute size in megabytes based on the size of the filesystem containing {option}`log_file`. (E.g., if the filesystem containing
+              {option}`log_file` is 2 gibibytes in size, and {option}`space_left` is set to 25%, then the audit daemon sets {option}`space_left` to approximately 500 mebibytes.
+
+              ::: {.note}
+              This calculation is performed when the audit daemon starts, so if you resize the filesystem containing {option}`log_file` while the
+              audit daemon is running, you should send the audit daemon SIGHUP to re-read the configuration file and recalculate the correct per‐
+              centage.
+              :::
+            '';
+          };
+          admin_space_left = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.either lib.types.int (lib.types.strMatching "[0-9]+%");
+            default = 50;
+            description = ''
+              This is a numeric value in mebibytes (MiB) that tells the audit daemon when to perform a configurable action because the system is running
+              low on disk space. This should be considered the last chance to do something before running out of disk space. The numeric value for
+              this parameter should be lower than the number for {option}`space_left`. You may also append a percent sign (e.g. 1%) to the number to have
+              the audit daemon calculate the number based on the disk partition size.
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      default = { };
+      description = "auditd configuration file contents. See {auditd.conf} for supported values.";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = [
+      {
+        assertion =
+          let
+            cfg' = cfg.settings;
+          in
+          (
+            (lib.isInt cfg'.space_left && lib.isInt cfg'.admin_space_left)
+            -> cfg'.space_left > cfg'.admin_space_left
+          )
+          && (
+            let
+              get_percent = s: lib.toInt (lib.strings.removeSuffix "%" s);
+            in
+            (lib.isString cfg'.space_left && lib.isString cfg'.admin_space_left)
+            -> (get_percent cfg'.space_left) > (get_percent cfg'.admin_space_left)
+          );
+        message = "`security.auditd.settings.space_left` must be larger than `security.auditd.settings.admin_space_left`";
+      }
+    ];
 
-  config = lib.mkIf config.security.auditd.enable {
     # Starting auditd should also enable loading the audit rules..
     security.audit.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.audit ];
 
+    environment.etc = {
+      "audit/auditd.conf".text = prepareConfigText cfg.settings;
+    };
+
     systemd.services.auditd = {
       description = "Security Audit Logging Service";
       documentation = [ "man:auditd(8)" ];