1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/monit.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/monit.nix
index ca935227217..aa51b83912c 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/monit.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/monit.nix
@@ -4,19 +4,29 @@ with lib;
 
 let
   cfg = config.services.monit;
+  extraConfig = pkgs.writeText "monitConfig" cfg.extraConfig;
 in
 
 {
+  imports = [
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "monit" "config" ] ["services" "monit" "extraConfig" ])
+  ];
+
   options.services.monit = {
 
     enable = mkEnableOption "Monit";
 
-    config = mkOption {
+    configFiles = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.path;
+      default = [];
+      description = "List of paths to be included in the monitrc file";
+    };
+
+    extraConfig = mkOption {
       type = types.lines;
       default = "";
-      description = "monitrc content";
+      description = "Additional monit config as string";
     };
-
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -24,7 +34,7 @@ in
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.monit ];
 
     environment.etc.monitrc = {
-      text = cfg.config;
+      text = concatMapStringsSep "\n" (path: "include ${path}")  (cfg.configFiles ++ [extraConfig]);
       mode = "0400";
     };