diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 2a2a7b00416..4e0d3b77fe3 100755
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
   ./services/hardware/pommed.nix
   ./services/hardware/sane.nix
   ./services/hardware/tcsd.nix
+  ./services/hardware/tlp.nix
   ./services/hardware/thinkfan.nix
   ./services/hardware/udev.nix
   ./services/hardware/udisks2.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f221c82e2ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+cfg = config.services.tlp;
+
+tlp = pkgs.tlp.override { kmod = config.system.sbin.modprobe; };
+
+confFile = pkgs.writeText "tlp" (builtins.readFile "${tlp}/etc/default/tlp" + cfg.extraConfig);
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.tlp = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether to enable the TLP daemon.";
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "";
+        description = "Additional configuration variables for TLP";
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    systemd.services = {
+      tlp = {
+        description = "TLP system startup/shutdown";
+
+        after = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        before = [ "shutdown.target" ];
+
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "oneshot";
+          RemainAfterExit = true;
+          ExecStart = "${tlp}/bin/tlp init start";
+          ExecStop = "${tlp}/bin/tlp init stop";
+        };
+      };
+
+      tlp-sleep = {
+        description = "TLP suspend/resume";
+
+        wantedBy = [ "sleep.target" ];
+        before = [ "sleep.target" ];
+
+        unitConfig = {
+          StopWhenUnneeded = true;
+        };
+
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "oneshot";
+          RemainAfterExit = true;
+          ExecStart = "${tlp}/bin/tlp suspend";
+          ExecStop = "${tlp}/bin/tlp resume";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    services.udev.packages = [ tlp ];
+
+    environment.etc = [{ source = confFile;
+                         target = "default/tlp";
+                       }
+                      ] ++ optional tlp.enableRDW {
+                        source = "${tlp}/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99tlp-rdw-nm";
+                        target = "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99tlp-rdw-nm";
+                      };
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ tlp ];
+
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tlp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tlp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d251c7cdd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tlp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, perl, systemd, iw, rfkill, hdparm, ethtool, inetutils, kmod
+, enableRDW ? true, networkmanager }:
+
+let version = "0.6";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit enableRDW;
+
+  name = "tlp-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "linrunner";
+        repo = "TLP";
+        rev = "${version}";
+        sha256 = "1kfm6x5w9vica2i13vfckza4fad4wv8ivr40fws3qa6d5jbyx0fy";
+      };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+                "TLP_LIBDIR=/lib"
+                "TLP_SBIN=/bin"
+                "TLP_BIN=/bin"
+                "TLP_NO_INIT=1"
+                "TLP_NO_PMUTILS=1"
+              ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  paths = with stdenv.lib;
+          concatMapStringsSep ":" (x: "${x}/bin")
+          ([ iw rfkill hdparm ethtool inetutils systemd kmod ]
+           ++ optional enableRDW networkmanager
+          );
+
+  installTargets = [ "install-tlp" ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableRDW "install-rdw";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for i in $out/bin/* $out/lib/udev/tlp-*; do
+      sed -i "s,/usr/lib/,$out/lib/,g" "$i"
+      wrapProgram "$i" \
+        --prefix PATH : "$paths"
+    done
+    if [ "$enableRDW" = "1" ]; then
+      for i in $out/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/*; do
+        sed -i "s,/usr/lib/,$out/lib/,g" "$i"
+        wrapProgram "$i" \
+          --prefix PATH : "$paths"
+      done
+    fi
+
+    for i in $out/lib/udev/rules.d/*; do
+      sed -i "s,RUN+=\",\\0$out,g; s,/usr/sbin,/bin,g" "$i"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  passthru = { inherit enableRDW; };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Advanced Power Management for Linux";
+    homepage = "http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 306cb0a8286..967224b637e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11210,6 +11210,10 @@ let
 
   tla = callPackage ../applications/version-management/arch { };
 
+  tlp = callPackage ../tools/misc/tlp {
+    enableRDW = config.networking.networkmanager.enable or false;
+  };
+
   todo-txt-cli = callPackage ../applications/office/todo.txt-cli { };
 
   tomahawk = callPackage ../applications/audio/tomahawk {