1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/haproxy.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/haproxy.nix
index aff71e5e97d..4678829986c 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/haproxy.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/haproxy.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ with lib;
         '';
       };
 
+      user = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "haproxy";
+        description = "User account under which haproxy runs.";
+      };
+
+      group = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "haproxy";
+        description = "Group account under which haproxy runs.";
+      };
+
       config = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.lines;
         default = null;
@@ -49,7 +61,8 @@ with lib;
       after = [ "network.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       serviceConfig = {
-        DynamicUser = true;
+        User = cfg.user;
+        Group = cfg.group;
         Type = "notify";
         # when running the config test, don't be quiet so we can see what goes wrong
         ExecStartPre = "${pkgs.haproxy}/sbin/haproxy -c -f ${haproxyCfg}";
@@ -60,5 +73,16 @@ with lib;
         AmbientCapabilities = "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE";
       };
     };
+
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "haproxy") {
+      haproxy = {
+        group = cfg.group;
+        isSystemUser = true;
+      };
+    };
+
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "haproxy") {
+      haproxy = {};
+    };
   };
 }