diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 5be7b25da749..7fa76dc0c688 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -241,12 +241,6 @@ with lib;
     # binfmt
     (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "boot" "binfmtMiscRegistrations" ] [ "boot" "binfmt" "registrations" ])
 
-    # PHP-FPM
-    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "phpfpm" "poolConfigs" ] "Use services.phpfpm.pools instead.")
-    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "phpfpm" "phpPackage" ] "Use services.phpfpm.pools.<name>.phpPackage instead.")
-    (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "phpfpm" "phpOptions" ] "Use services.phpfpm.pools.<name>.phpOptions instead.")
-    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "phpfpm" "extraConfig" ] [ "services" "phpfpm" "globalExtraConfig" ])
-
   ] ++ (flip map [ "blackboxExporter" "collectdExporter" "fritzboxExporter"
                    "jsonExporter" "minioExporter" "nginxExporter" "nodeExporter"
                    "snmpExporter" "unifiExporter" "varnishExporter" ]
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/roundcube.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/roundcube.nix
index 12837f7efe7d..e8b2e11bf726 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/roundcube.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/roundcube.nix
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ in
             extraConfig = ''
               location ~* \.php$ {
                 fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
-                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/phpfpm-roundcube/roundcube.sock;
+                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/phpfpm/roundcube;
                 include ${pkgs.nginx}/conf/fastcgi_params;
                 include ${pkgs.nginx}/conf/fastcgi.conf;
               }
@@ -119,28 +119,24 @@ in
       enable = true;
     };
 
-    services.phpfpm.pools.roundcube = {
-      socketName = "roundcube";
-      phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-      user = "${config.services.nginx.user}";
-      group = "${config.services.nginx.group}";
-      extraConfig = ''
-        listen.owner = ${config.services.nginx.user}
-        listen.group = ${config.services.nginx.group}
-        listen.mode = 0600
-        pm = dynamic
-        pm.max_children = 75
-        pm.start_servers = 2
-        pm.min_spare_servers = 1
-        pm.max_spare_servers = 20
-        pm.max_requests = 500
-        php_admin_value[error_log] = 'stderr'
-        php_admin_flag[log_errors] = on
-        php_admin_value[post_max_size] = 25M
-        php_admin_value[upload_max_filesize] = 25M
-        catch_workers_output = yes
-      '';
-    };
+    services.phpfpm.poolConfigs.roundcube = ''
+      listen = /run/phpfpm/roundcube
+      listen.owner = nginx
+      listen.group = nginx
+      listen.mode = 0660
+      user = nginx
+      pm = dynamic
+      pm.max_children = 75
+      pm.start_servers = 2
+      pm.min_spare_servers = 1
+      pm.max_spare_servers = 20
+      pm.max_requests = 500
+      php_admin_value[error_log] = 'stderr'
+      php_admin_flag[log_errors] = on
+      php_admin_value[post_max_size] = 25M
+      php_admin_value[upload_max_filesize] = 25M
+      catch_workers_output = yes
+    '';
     systemd.services.phpfpm-roundcube.after = [ "roundcube-setup.service" ];
 
     systemd.services.roundcube-setup = let
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/zoneminder.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/zoneminder.nix
index b0ee961c77f2..8d58c2b37c84 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/zoneminder.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/zoneminder.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let
 
   useCustomDir = cfg.storageDir != null;
 
-  socket = "/run/phpfpm-zoneminder/zoneminder.sock";
+  socket = "/run/phpfpm/${dirName}.sock";
 
   zms = "/cgi-bin/zms";
 
@@ -284,10 +284,7 @@ in {
 
       phpfpm = lib.mkIf useNginx {
         pools.zoneminder = {
-          socketName = "zoneminder";
-          phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-          user = "${user}";
-          group = "${group}";
+          listen = socket;
           phpOptions = ''
             date.timezone = "${config.time.timeZone}"
 
@@ -295,6 +292,9 @@ in {
             "extension=${e.pkg}/lib/php/extensions/${e.name}.so") phpExtensions)}
           '';
           extraConfig = ''
+            user = ${user}
+            group = ${group}
+
             listen.owner = ${user}
             listen.group = ${group}
             listen.mode = 0660
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/icingaweb2/icingaweb2.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/icingaweb2/icingaweb2.nix
index e83270fda5c9..910e1d937bf3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/icingaweb2/icingaweb2.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/icingaweb2/icingaweb2.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let
   cfg = config.services.icingaweb2;
   poolName = "icingaweb2";
+  phpfpmSocketName = "/var/run/phpfpm/${poolName}.sock";
 
   defaultConfig = {
     global = {
@@ -161,23 +162,19 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.phpfpm.pools = mkIf (cfg.pool == "${poolName}") {
-      "${poolName}" = {
-        socketName = "${poolName}";
-        phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-        user = "icingaweb2";
-        group = "icingaweb2";
-        extraConfig = ''
-          listen.owner = ${config.services.nginx.user}
-          listen.group = ${config.services.nginx.group}
-          listen.mode = 0600
-          pm = dynamic
-          pm.max_children = 75
-          pm.start_servers = 2
-          pm.min_spare_servers = 2
-          pm.max_spare_servers = 10
-        '';
-      };
+    services.phpfpm.poolConfigs = mkIf (cfg.pool == "${poolName}") {
+      "${poolName}" = ''
+        listen = "${phpfpmSocketName}"
+        listen.owner = nginx
+        listen.group = nginx
+        listen.mode = 0600
+        user = icingaweb2
+        pm = dynamic
+        pm.max_children = 75
+        pm.start_servers = 2
+        pm.min_spare_servers = 2
+        pm.max_spare_servers = 10
+      '';
     };
 
     services.phpfpm.phpOptions = mkIf (cfg.pool == "${poolName}")
@@ -209,7 +206,7 @@ in {
             include ${config.services.nginx.package}/conf/fastcgi.conf;
             try_files $uri =404;
             fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
-            fastcgi_pass unix:/run/phpfpm-${poolName}/${poolName}.sock;
+            fastcgi_pass unix:${phpfpmSocketName};
             fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME ${pkgs.icingaweb2}/public/index.php;
           '';
         };
@@ -242,8 +239,5 @@ in {
       group = "icingaweb2";
       isSystemUser = true;
     };
-    users.users.nginx = {
-      extraGroups = [ "icingaweb2" ];
-    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/limesurvey.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/limesurvey.nix
index 99a33b8371c9..f23b3075574d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/limesurvey.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/limesurvey.nix
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@ in
     };
 
     services.phpfpm.pools.limesurvey = {
-      socketName = "limesurvey";
       phpPackage = php;
-      user = "${user}";
-      group = "${group}";
+      listen = "/run/phpfpm/limesurvey.sock";
       extraConfig = ''
         listen.owner = ${config.services.httpd.user};
         listen.group = ${config.services.httpd.group};
+        user = ${user};
+        group = ${group};
 
         env[LIMESURVEY_CONFIG] = ${limesurveyConfig}
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ in
             <Directory "${pkg}/share/limesurvey">
               <FilesMatch "\.php$">
                 <If "-f %{REQUEST_FILENAME}">
-                  SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/phpfpm-limesurvey/limesurvey.sock|fcgi://localhost/"
+                  SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/phpfpm/limesurvey.sock|fcgi://localhost/"
                 </If>
               </FilesMatch>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/matomo.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/matomo.nix
index e058c18ad871..14aca45a342b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/matomo.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/matomo.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ let
   cfg = config.services.matomo;
 
   user = "matomo";
-  group = "matomo";
   dataDir = "/var/lib/${user}";
   deprecatedDataDir = "/var/lib/piwik";
 
   pool = user;
-  # it's not possible to use /run/phpfpm-${pool}/${pool}.sock because /run/phpfpm/ is root:root 0770,
+  # it's not possible to use /run/phpfpm/${pool}.sock because /run/phpfpm/ is root:root 0770,
   # and therefore is not accessible by the web server.
-  phpSocket = "/run/phpfpm-${pool}/${pool}.sock";
+  phpSocket = "/run/phpfpm-${pool}.sock";
   phpExecutionUnit = "phpfpm-${pool}";
   databaseService = "mysql.service";
 
@@ -138,12 +137,9 @@ in {
       isSystemUser = true;
       createHome = true;
       home = dataDir;
-      group  = "${group}";
+      group  = user;
     };
-    users.users.${config.services.nginx.user} = {
-      extraGroups = [ "${group}" ];
-    };
-    users.groups.${group} = {};
+    users.groups.${user} = {};
 
     systemd.services.matomo-setup-update = {
       # everything needs to set up and up to date before Matomo php files are executed
@@ -173,7 +169,7 @@ in {
           echo "Migrating from ${deprecatedDataDir} to ${dataDir}"
           mv -T ${deprecatedDataDir} ${dataDir}
         fi
-        chown -R ${user}:${group} ${dataDir}
+        chown -R ${user}:${user} ${dataDir}
         chmod -R ug+rwX,o-rwx ${dataDir}
         '';
       script = ''
@@ -229,26 +225,22 @@ in {
       serviceConfig.UMask = "0007";
     };
 
-    services.phpfpm.pools = let
+    services.phpfpm.poolConfigs = let
       # workaround for when both are null and need to generate a string,
       # which is illegal, but as assertions apparently are being triggered *after* config generation,
       # we have to avoid already throwing errors at this previous stage.
       socketOwner = if (cfg.nginx != null) then config.services.nginx.user
       else if (cfg.webServerUser != null) then cfg.webServerUser else "";
     in {
-      ${pool} = {
-        socketName = "${pool}";
-        phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-        user = "${user}";
-        group = "${group}";
-        extraConfig = ''
-          listen.owner = ${socketOwner}
-          listen.group = ${group}
-          listen.mode = 0600
-          env[PIWIK_USER_PATH] = ${dataDir}
-          ${cfg.phpfpmProcessManagerConfig}
-        '';
-      };
+      ${pool} = ''
+        listen = "${phpSocket}"
+        listen.owner = ${socketOwner}
+        listen.group = root
+        listen.mode = 0600
+        user = ${user}
+        env[PIWIK_USER_PATH] = ${dataDir}
+        ${cfg.phpfpmProcessManagerConfig}
+      '';
     };
 
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
index 9475af12fdd4..fa9a36d11892 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
@@ -394,14 +394,13 @@ in {
                 phpOptions)));
         in {
           phpOptions = phpOptionsExtensions;
-          socketName = "nextcloud";
           phpPackage = phpPackage;
-          user = "nextcloud";
-          group = "${config.services.nginx.group}";
+          listen = "/run/phpfpm/nextcloud";
           extraConfig = ''
-            listen.owner = ${config.services.nginx.user}
-            listen.group = ${config.services.nginx.group}
-            listen.mode = 0600
+            listen.owner = nginx
+            listen.group = nginx
+            user = nextcloud
+            group = nginx
             ${cfg.poolConfig}
             env[NEXTCLOUD_CONFIG_DIR] = ${cfg.home}/config
             env[PATH] = /run/wrappers/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
@@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ in {
                   fastcgi_param HTTPS ${if cfg.https then "on" else "off"};
                   fastcgi_param modHeadersAvailable true;
                   fastcgi_param front_controller_active true;
-                  fastcgi_pass unix:/run/phpfpm-nextcloud/nextcloud.sock;
+                  fastcgi_pass unix:/run/phpfpm/nextcloud;
                   fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
                   fastcgi_request_buffering off;
                   fastcgi_read_timeout 120s;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix
index d4c99d6c44bf..2e5e0ea6622d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let
   runDir = "/run/restya-board";
 
   poolName = "restya-board";
-  phpfpmSocketName = "/run/phpfpm-${poolName}/${poolName}.sock";
+  phpfpmSocketName = "/run/phpfpm/${poolName}.sock";
 
 in
 
@@ -178,12 +178,9 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    services.phpfpm.pools = {
+    services.phpfpm.poolConfigs = {
       "${poolName}" = {
-        socketName = "${poolName}";
-        phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-        user = "${cfg.user}";
-        group = "${cfg.group}";
+        listen = phpfpmSocketName;
         phpOptions = ''
           date.timezone = "CET"
 
@@ -195,9 +192,11 @@ in
           ''}
         '';
         extraConfig = ''
-          listen.owner = ${config.services.nginx.user}
-          listen.group = ${config.services.nginx.group}
+          listen.owner = nginx
+          listen.group = nginx
           listen.mode = 0600
+          user = ${cfg.user}
+          group = ${cfg.group}
           pm = dynamic
           pm.max_children = 75
           pm.start_servers = 10
@@ -366,9 +365,6 @@ in
       home = runDir;
       group  = "restya-board";
     };
-    users.users.nginx = {
-      extraGroups = [ "restya-board" ];
-     };
     users.groups.restya-board = {};
 
     services.postgresql.enable = mkIf (cfg.database.host == null) true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/selfoss.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/selfoss.nix
index 6c5942d1e17d..cd0f743a5fb8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/selfoss.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/selfoss.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.services.selfoss;
 
-  poolName = "selfoss";
-  phpfpmSocketName = "/run/phpfpm-${poolName}/${poolName}.sock";
-  group = "${cfg.user}";
+  poolName = "selfoss_pool";
+  phpfpmSocketName = "/run/phpfpm/${poolName}.sock";
+
   dataDir = "/var/lib/selfoss";
 
   selfoss-config =
@@ -116,25 +116,21 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    services.phpfpm.pools = mkIf (cfg.pool == "${poolName}") {
-      "${poolName}" = {
-        socketName = "${poolName}";
-        phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-        user = "${cfg.user}";
-        group = "${group}";
-        extraConfig = ''
-          listen.owner = ${config.services.nginx.user}
-          listen.group = ${config.services.nginx.group}
-          listen.mode = 0600
-          pm = dynamic
-          pm.max_children = 75
-          pm.start_servers = 10
-          pm.min_spare_servers = 5
-          pm.max_spare_servers = 20
-          pm.max_requests = 500
-          catch_workers_output = 1
-        '';
-      };
+    services.phpfpm.poolConfigs = mkIf (cfg.pool == "${poolName}") {
+      "${poolName}" = ''
+        listen = "${phpfpmSocketName}";
+        listen.owner = nginx
+        listen.group = nginx
+        listen.mode = 0600
+        user = nginx
+        pm = dynamic
+        pm.max_children = 75
+        pm.start_servers = 10
+        pm.min_spare_servers = 5
+        pm.max_spare_servers = 20
+        pm.max_requests = 500
+        catch_workers_output = 1
+      '';
     };
 
     systemd.services.selfoss-config = {
@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ in
         # Create the files
         cp -r "${pkgs.selfoss}/"* "${dataDir}"
         ln -sf "${selfoss-config}" "${dataDir}/config.ini"
-        chown -R "${cfg.user}":"${group}" "${dataDir}"
+        chown -R "${cfg.user}" "${dataDir}"
         chmod -R 755 "${dataDir}"
       '';
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
@@ -166,8 +162,5 @@ in
 
     };
 
-    users.users.nginx = {
-      extraGroups = [ "${group}" ];
-     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/tt-rss.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/tt-rss.nix
index e59988ef7b2b..b882f6c2ae7e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/tt-rss.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/tt-rss.nix
@@ -512,14 +512,12 @@ let
 
     services.phpfpm.pools = mkIf (cfg.pool == "${poolName}") {
       "${poolName}" = {
-        socketName = "${poolName}";
-        phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-        user = "${config.services.nginx.user}";
-        group = "${config.services.nginx.group}";
+        listen = "/var/run/phpfpm/${poolName}.sock";
         extraConfig = ''
-          listen.owner = ${config.services.nginx.user}
-          listen.group = ${config.services.nginx.group}
+          listen.owner = nginx
+          listen.group = nginx
           listen.mode = 0600
+          user = ${cfg.user}
           pm = dynamic
           pm.max_children = 75
           pm.start_servers = 10
@@ -545,7 +543,7 @@ let
           locations."~ \.php$" = {
             extraConfig = ''
               fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
-              fastcgi_pass unix:/run/phpfpm-${poolName}/${poolName}.sock;
+              fastcgi_pass unix:${config.services.phpfpm.pools.${cfg.pool}.listen};
               fastcgi_index index.php;
             '';
           };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix
index 5c650210f9f9..ffafbc5e92f2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix
@@ -4,26 +4,37 @@ with lib;
 
 let
   cfg = config.services.phpfpm;
-  enabled = cfg.pools != {};
+  enabled = cfg.poolConfigs != {} || cfg.pools != {};
 
-  poolConfigs = (mapAttrs mapPool cfg.pools);
+  stateDir = "/run/phpfpm";
+
+  poolConfigs =
+    (mapAttrs mapPoolConfig cfg.poolConfigs) //
+    (mapAttrs mapPool cfg.pools);
+
+  mapPoolConfig = n: p: {
+    phpPackage = cfg.phpPackage;
+    phpOptions = cfg.phpOptions;
+    config = p;
+  };
 
   mapPool = n: p: {
     phpPackage = p.phpPackage;
     phpOptions = p.phpOptions;
-    userPool = p.user;
-    groupPool = p.group;
+    config = ''
+      listen = ${p.listen}
+      ${p.extraConfig}
+    '';
   };
 
   fpmCfgFile = pool: conf: pkgs.writeText "phpfpm-${pool}.conf" ''
     [global]
     error_log = syslog
     daemonize = no
-    ${cfg.globalExtraConfig}
+    ${cfg.extraConfig}
 
     [${pool}]
-    listen = /run/phpfpm-${pool}/${cfg.pools.${pool}.socketName}.sock
-    ${cfg.pools.${pool}.extraConfig}
+    ${conf}
   '';
 
   phpIni = pool: pkgs.runCommand "php.ini" {
@@ -38,98 +49,86 @@ let
   '';
 
 in {
+
   options = {
     services.phpfpm = {
-      globalExtraConfig = mkOption {
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
         type = types.lines;
         default = "";
         description = ''
-          Global extra configuration that should be put in the global section of
+          Extra configuration that should be put in the global section of
           the PHP-FPM configuration file. Do not specify the options
           <literal>error_log</literal> or
-          <literal>daemonize</literal> here, since they are generated by NixOS.
+          <literal>daemonize</literal> here, since they are generated by
+          NixOS.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      phpPackage = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.php;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.php";
+        description = ''
+          The PHP package to use for running the PHP-FPM service.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      phpOptions = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        example =
+          ''
+            date.timezone = "CET"
+          '';
+        description =
+          "Options appended to the PHP configuration file <filename>php.ini</filename>.";
+      };
+
+      poolConfigs = mkOption {
+        default = {};
+        type = types.attrsOf types.lines;
+        example = literalExample ''
+          { mypool = '''
+              listen = /run/phpfpm/mypool
+              user = nobody
+              pm = dynamic
+              pm.max_children = 75
+              pm.start_servers = 10
+              pm.min_spare_servers = 5
+              pm.max_spare_servers = 20
+              pm.max_requests = 500
+            ''';
+          }
+        '';
+        description = ''
+          A mapping between PHP-FPM pool names and their configurations.
+          See the documentation on <literal>php-fpm.conf</literal> for
+          details on configuration directives. If no pools are defined,
+          the phpfpm service is disabled.
         '';
       };
 
       pools = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule (import ./pool-options.nix {
+          inherit lib config;
+        }));
         default = {};
-        type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule {
-          options = {
-            socketName = mkOption {
-              type = types.str;
-              example = "php-fpm";
-              description = ''
-                The address on which to accept FastCGI requests.
-              '';
-            };
-
-            phpPackage = mkOption {
-              type = types.package;
-              default = pkgs.php;
-              defaultText = "pkgs.php";
-              description = ''
-                The PHP package to use for running this PHP-FPM pool.
-              '';
-            };
-
-            phpOptions = mkOption {
-              type = types.lines;
-              default = "";
-              description = ''
-                Options appended to the PHP configuration file <filename>php.ini</filename> used for this PHP-FPM pool.
-              '';
-            };
-
-            user = mkOption {
-              type = types.string;
-              default = "phpfpm";
-              description = "User account under which phpfpm runs.";
-            };
-
-            group = mkOption {
-              type = types.string;
-              default = "phpfpm";
-              description = "Group account under which phpfpm runs.";
-            };
-
-            extraConfig = mkOption {
-              type = types.lines;
-              example = ''
-                pm = dynamic
-                pm.max_children = 75
-                pm.start_servers = 10
-                pm.min_spare_servers = 5
-                pm.max_spare_servers = 20
-                pm.max_requests = 500
-              '';
-
-              description = ''
-                Extra lines that go into the pool configuration.
-                See the documentation on <literal>php-fpm.conf</literal> for
-                details on configuration directives.
-              '';
-            };
-          };
-        });
-
         example = literalExample ''
-          {
-            mypool = {
-              socketName = "example";
-              phpPackage = pkgs.php;
-              user = "phpfpm";
-              group = "phpfpm";
-              extraConfig = '''
-                pm = dynamic
-                pm.max_children = 75
-                pm.start_servers = 10
-                pm.min_spare_servers = 5
-                pm.max_spare_servers = 20
-                pm.max_requests = 500
-              ''';
-            }
-          }
-        '';
+         {
+           mypool = {
+             listen = "/path/to/unix/socket";
+             phpPackage = pkgs.php;
+             extraConfig = '''
+               user = nobody
+               pm = dynamic
+               pm.max_children = 75
+               pm.start_servers = 10
+               pm.min_spare_servers = 5
+               pm.max_spare_servers = 20
+               pm.max_requests = 500
+             ''';
+           }
+         }'';
         description = ''
           PHP-FPM pools. If no pools or poolConfigs are defined, the PHP-FPM
           service is disabled.
@@ -155,6 +154,9 @@ in {
         after = [ "network.target" ];
         wantedBy = [ "phpfpm.target" ];
         partOf = [ "phpfpm.target" ];
+        preStart = ''
+          mkdir -p ${stateDir}
+        '';
         serviceConfig = let
           cfgFile = fpmCfgFile pool poolConfig.config;
           iniFile = phpIni poolConfig;
@@ -164,19 +166,10 @@ in {
           ProtectSystem = "full";
           ProtectHome = true;
           # XXX: We need AF_NETLINK to make the sendmail SUID binary from postfix work
-          RestrictAddressFamilies = [ "AF_UNIX" "AF_INET" "AF_INET6" "AF_NETLINK" ];
+          RestrictAddressFamilies = "AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_NETLINK";
           Type = "notify";
-          ExecStart = "${poolConfig.phpPackage}/bin/php-fpm -y '${cfgFile}' -c '${iniFile}'";
+          ExecStart = "${poolConfig.phpPackage}/bin/php-fpm -y ${cfgFile} -c ${iniFile}";
           ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID";
-          # User and group
-          User = "${poolConfig.userPool}";
-          Group = "${poolConfig.groupPool}";
-          # Runtime directory and mode
-          RuntimeDirectory = "phpfpm-${pool}";
-          RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0750";
-          # Capabilities
-          AmbientCapabilities = [ "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE" "CAP_SETGID" "CAP_SETUID" "CAP_CHOWN" "CAP_SYS_RESOURCE" ];
-          CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE" "CAP_SETGID" "CAP_SETUID" "CAP_CHOWN" "CAP_SYS_RESOURCE" ];
         };
       }
    );
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/pool-options.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/pool-options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9ad7eff71f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/pool-options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ lib, config }:
+
+let
+  fpmCfg = config.services.phpfpm;
+in
+
+with lib; {
+
+  options = {
+
+    listen = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      example = "/path/to/unix/socket";
+      description = ''
+        The address on which to accept FastCGI requests.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    phpPackage = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      default = fpmCfg.phpPackage;
+      defaultText = "config.services.phpfpm.phpPackage";
+      description = ''
+        The PHP package to use for running this PHP-FPM pool.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    phpOptions = mkOption {
+      type = types.lines;
+      default = fpmCfg.phpOptions;
+      defaultText = "config.services.phpfpm.phpOptions";
+      description = ''
+        "Options appended to the PHP configuration file <filename>php.ini</filename> used for this PHP-FPM pool."
+      '';
+    };
+
+    extraConfig = mkOption {
+      type = types.lines;
+      example = ''
+        user = nobody
+        pm = dynamic
+        pm.max_children = 75
+        pm.start_servers = 10
+        pm.min_spare_servers = 5
+        pm.max_spare_servers = 20
+        pm.max_requests = 500
+      '';
+
+      description = ''
+        Extra lines that go into the pool configuration.
+        See the documentation on <literal>php-fpm.conf</literal> for
+        details on configuration directives.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
+