diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
index 7efadf1b9bb1..d57f7d20926f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,29 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      extraScanners = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.path;
+        default = [];
+        description = ''
+          A list of paths to extra scanners to install in Plex's scanners
+          directory.
+
+          Every time the systemd unit for Plex starts up, all of the symlinks
+          in Plex's scanners directory will be cleared and this module will
+          symlink all of the paths specified here to that directory.
+        '';
+        example = literalExample ''
+          [
+            (fetchFromGitHub {
+              owner = "ZeroQI";
+              repo = "Absolute-Series-Scanner";
+              rev = "773a39f502a1204b0b0255903cee4ed02c46fde0";
+              sha256 = "4l+vpiDdC8L/EeJowUgYyB3JPNTZ1sauN8liFAcK+PY=";
+            })
+          ]
+        '';
+      };
+
       package = mkOption {
         type = types.package;
         default = pkgs.plex;
@@ -113,6 +136,7 @@ in
         # Configuration for our FHS userenv script
         PLEX_DATADIR=cfg.dataDir;
         PLEX_PLUGINS=concatMapStringsSep ":" builtins.toString cfg.extraPlugins;
+        PLEX_SCANNERS=concatMapStringsSep ":" builtins.toString cfg.extraScanners;
 
         # The following variables should be set by the FHS userenv script:
         #   PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
index 3d69d2197803..fd580d52d8a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
@@ -63,13 +63,9 @@ buildFHSUserEnv {
       test -d "$pluginDir" || mkdir -p "$pluginDir"
 
       # First, remove all of the symlinks in the plugins directory.
-      echo "Removing old symlinks"
-      for f in $(ls "$pluginDir/"); do
-        if [[ -L "$pluginDir/$f" ]]; then
-          echo "Removing plugin symlink: $pluginDir/$f"
-          rm "$pluginDir/$f"
-        fi
-      done
+      while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' f; do
+        echo "Removing plugin symlink: $f"
+      done < <(find "$pluginDir" -type l -print0)
 
       echo "Symlinking plugins"
       IFS=':' read -ra pluginsArray <<< "$PLEX_PLUGINS"
@@ -87,6 +83,39 @@ buildFHSUserEnv {
       done
     fi
 
+    if [[ -n "''${PLEX_SCANNERS:-}" ]]; then
+      for scannerType in Common Movies Music Series; do
+        echo "Preparing $scannerType scanners directory"
+
+        scannerDir="$PLEX_DATADIR/Plex Media Server/Scanners/$scannerType"
+        test -d "$scannerDir" || mkdir -p "$scannerDir"
+
+        # First, remove all of the symlinks in the scanners directory.
+        echo "Removing old symlinks"
+        while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' f; do
+          echo "Removing scanner symlink: $f"
+        done < <(find "$scannerDir" -type l -print0)
+
+        echo "Symlinking scanners"
+        IFS=':' read -ra scannersArray <<< "$PLEX_SCANNERS"
+        for path in "''${scannersArray[@]}"; do
+          # The provided source should contain a 'Scanners' directory; symlink
+          # from inside that.
+          subpath="$path/Scanners/$scannerType"
+          while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' file; do
+            dest="$scannerDir/$(basename "$file")"
+
+            if [[ -f "$dest" || -L "$dest" ]]; then
+              echo "Error symlinking scanner from $file to $dest: file or directory already exists"
+            else
+              echo "Symlinking scanner at: $file"
+              ln -s "$file" "$dest"
+            fi
+          done < <(find "$subpath" -type f -print0)
+        done
+      done
+    fi
+
     # Tell Plex to use the data directory as the "Application Support"
     # directory, otherwise it tries to write things into the user's home
     # directory.