diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index fe51123f1d0f..a041faa8feb2 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ in {
   zigbee2mqtt = handleTest ./zigbee2mqtt.nix {};
   zoneminder = handleTest ./zoneminder.nix {};
   zookeeper = handleTest ./zookeeper.nix {};
+  zram-generator = handleTest ./zram-generator.nix {};
   zrepl = handleTest ./zrepl.nix {};
   zsh-history = handleTest ./zsh-history.nix {};
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/zram-generator.nix b/nixos/tests/zram-generator.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..affa081bcc35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/zram-generator.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix {
+  name = "zram-generator";
+
+  nodes.machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    environment.etc."systemd/zram-generator.conf".text = ''
+      [zram0]
+      zram-size = ram / 2
+    '';
+    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.zram-generator ];
+    systemd.services."systemd-zram-setup@".path = [ pkgs.util-linux ]; # for mkswap
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service")
+    assert "zram0" in machine.succeed("zramctl -n")
+    assert "zram0" in machine.succeed("swapon --show --noheadings")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/Cargo.lock b/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..439161d7b4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "739f4a8db6605981345c5654f3a85b056ce52f37a39d34da03f25bf2151ea16e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.68"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2cb2f989d18dd141ab8ae82f64d1a8cdd37e0840f73a406896cf5e99502fab61"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.79"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "2.34.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "textwrap",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ctor"
+version = "0.1.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d2301688392eb071b0bf1a37be05c469d3cc4dbbd95df672fe28ab021e6a096"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dlv-list"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68df3f2b690c1b86e65ef7830956aededf3cb0a16f898f79b9a6f421a7b6211b"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fasteval"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f4cdac9e4065d7c48e30770f8665b8cef9a3a73a63a4056a33a5f395bc7cf75"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7a407cfaa3385c4ae6b23e84623d48c2798d06e3e6a1878f7f59f17b3f86499"
+dependencies = [
+ "instant",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fs_extra"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2022715d62ab30faffd124d40b76f4134a550a87792276512b18d63272333394"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c05aeb6a22b8f62540c194aac980f2115af067bfe15a0734d7277a768d396b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7afe4a420e3fe79967a00898cc1f4db7c8a49a9333a29f8a4bd76a253d5cd04"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "instant"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a5bbe824c507c5da5956355e86a746d82e0e1464f65d862cc5e71da70e94b2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.139"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "liboverdrop"
+version = "0.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a8bcc76c5aad4677420857a8744ec8aef80b1b21c5501e2f8c7ac3fda2e19ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aa361d4faea93603064a027415f07bd8e1d5c88c9fbf68bf56a285428fd79ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.23.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f3790c00a0150112de0f4cd161e3d7fc4b2d8a5542ffc35f099a2562aecb35c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-multimap"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1c672c7ad9ec066e428c00eb917124a06f08db19e2584de982cc34b1f4c12485"
+dependencies = [
+ "dlv-list",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ppv-lite86"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.50"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ef7d57beacfaf2d8aee5937dab7b7f28de3cb8b1828479bb5de2a7106f2bae2"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8856d8364d252a14d474036ea1358d63c9e6965c8e5c1885c18f73d70bff9c7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "remove_dir_all"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3acd125665422973a33ac9d3dd2df85edad0f4ae9b00dafb1a05e43a9f5ef8e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-ini"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63471c4aa97a1cf8332a5f97709a79a4234698de6a1f5087faf66f2dae810e22"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "ordered-multimap",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.107"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f4064b5b16e03ae50984a5a8ed5d4f8803e6bc1fd170a3cda91a1be4b18e3f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cdb1ef4eaeeaddc8fbd371e5017057064af0911902ef36b39801f67cc6d79e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "remove_dir_all",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "84a22b9f218b40614adcb3f4ff08b703773ad44fa9423e4e0d346d5db86e4ebc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zram-generator"
+version = "1.1.2"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "ctor",
+ "fasteval",
+ "fs_extra",
+ "liboverdrop",
+ "log",
+ "nix",
+ "rust-ini",
+ "tempfile",
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..679308b049fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+, pkg-config
+, ronn
+, systemd
+, kmod
+, nixosTests
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "zram-generator";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "systemd";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-n+ZOWU+sPq9DcHgzQWTxxfMmiz239qdetXypqdy33cM=";
+  };
+
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.importCargoLock {
+    lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+  };
+
+  # RFE: Include Cargo.lock in sources
+  # https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator/issues/65
+  postPatch = ''
+    cp ${./Cargo.lock} Cargo.lock
+    substituteInPlace src/generator.rs \
+      --replace 'Command::new("systemd-detect-virt")' 'Command::new("${systemd}/bin/systemd-detect-virt")' \
+      --replace 'Command::new("modprobe")' 'Command::new("${kmod}/bin/modprobe")'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with rustPlatform; [
+    cargoSetupHook
+    rust.cargo
+    rust.rustc
+    pkg-config
+    ronn
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    systemd
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+    "SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT_DIR=$(out)/lib/systemd/system"
+    "SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_GENERATOR_DIR=$(out)/lib/systemd/system-generators"
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests = {
+      inherit (nixosTests) zram-generator;
+    };
+    updateScript = ./update.sh;
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    description = "Systemd unit generator for zram devices";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/update.sh b/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..bd10e19631a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/zram-generator/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#! nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils curl jq common-updater-scripts cargo
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/systemd/zram-generator/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
+update-source-version zram-generator "${version#v}"
+
+tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf -- "${tmp}"' EXIT
+
+git clone --depth 1 --branch "${version}" https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator.git "${tmp}/zram-generator"
+cargo generate-lockfile --manifest-path "${tmp}/zram-generator/Cargo.toml"
+cp "${tmp}/zram-generator/Cargo.lock" "$(dirname "$0")/Cargo.lock"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3cd933373bd8..b06c6069dff2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -38957,6 +38957,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   zktree = callPackage ../applications/misc/zktree {};
 
+  zram-generator = callPackage ../tools/system/zram-generator { };
+
   zrythm = callPackage ../applications/audio/zrythm {
     inherit (plasma5Packages) breeze-icons;
   };