diff --git a/modules/noctalia/check.nix b/modules/noctalia/check.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3529391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/noctalia/check.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  self,
+}:
+
+let
+  noctaliaWrapped =
+    (self.wrapperModules.noctalia.apply {
+      inherit pkgs;
+    }).wrapper;
+
+in
+pkgs.runCommand "noctalia-test" { } ''
+  # if the config is invalid the text helix will complain here.
+  # sady no other dedicated check config command exists
+  res=$(${pkgs.lib.getExe noctaliaWrapped} config validate)
+  echo $res
+  if [[ ''${#res} == 0 ]]; then
+    touch $out
+  fi
+''
diff --git a/modules/noctalia/module.nix b/modules/noctalia/module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a009613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/noctalia/module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  wlib,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  tomlFmt = config.pkgs.formats.toml { };
+in
+{
+  _class = "wrapper";
+  options = {
+    settings = lib.mkOption {
+      type = tomlFmt.type;
+      description = ''
+        Noctalia Settings
+        See <https://docs.noctalia.dev/v5/>
+      '';
+      default = { };
+    };
+    "config.toml" = lib.mkOption {
+      type = wlib.types.file config.pkgs;
+      default.path = tomlFmt.generate "noctalia-config" config.settings;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    # package needs to be specified manually
+    # package = ...
+    env = {
+      NOCTALIA_CONFIG_HOME = toString (
+        config.pkgs.linkFarm "noctalia-config" [
+          {
+            name = "noctalia/config.toml";
+            path = config."config.toml".path;
+          }
+        ]
+      );
+    };
+    meta = {
+      maintainers = [
+        {
+          # waiting to become a nixpkgs maintainer
+          github = "kruemmelspalter";
+          githubId = 54735589;
+          name = "kruemmelspalter";
+          email = "kruemmelspalter@kruemmelspalter.org";
+          matrix = "@kruemmelspalter:kruemmelspalter.org";
+          keys = [ { fingerprint = "28F5 4BD4 73F1 7495 24BF  F4BD 4F4A 2EFA E386 71C8"; } ];
+        }
+      ];
+      platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    };
+  };
+}