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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/security/rngd.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/security/rngd.nix
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+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/security/rngd.nix
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+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+  options = {
+    security.rngd.enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to enable the rng daemon, which adds entropy from
+        hardware sources of randomness to the kernel entropy pool when
+        available.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.security.rngd.enable {
+    services.udev.extraRules = ''
+      KERNEL=="random", TAG+="systemd"
+      SUBSYSTEM=="cpu", ENV{MODALIAS}=="cpu:type:x86,*feature:*009E*", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="rngd.service"
+      KERNEL=="hw_random", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="rngd.service"
+    '';
+
+    systemd.services.rngd = {
+      bindsTo = [ "dev-random.device" ];
+
+      after = [ "dev-random.device" ];
+
+      description = "Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon";
+
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.rng-tools}/sbin/rngd -f";
+    };
+  };
+}