diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index aa8c2e67073e..73242f22b0dc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@
   ./tasks/filesystems/nfs.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/ntfs.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/reiserfs.nix
+  ./tasks/filesystems/squashfs.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/unionfs-fuse.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/vboxsf.nix
   ./tasks/filesystems/vfat.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/squashfs.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/squashfs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10d45a21d3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/squashfs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+
+  inInitrd = lib.any (fs: fs == "squashfs") config.boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems;
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = lib.mkIf inInitrd [ "squashfs" ];
+
+}