diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index cb3b9f14f..1c569ef6b 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ let
     ./programs/bash.nix
     ./programs/beets.nix
     ./programs/browserpass.nix
+    ./programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.nix
     ./programs/eclipse.nix
     ./programs/emacs.nix
     ./programs/feh.nix
diff --git a/modules/misc/news.nix b/modules/misc/news.nix
index b52b2b2cd..70b320d2a 100644
--- a/modules/misc/news.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/news.nix
@@ -222,6 +222,16 @@ in
               };
         '';
       }
+
+      {
+        time = "2017-09-27T07:28:54+00:00";
+        message = ''
+          A new program module is available: 'programs.command-not-found'.
+
+          Note, this differs from the NixOS system command-not-found
+          tool in that NIX_AUTO_INSTALL is not supported.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.nix b/modules/programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0053fe36a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Adapted from Nixpkgs.
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.command-not-found;
+  commandNotFound = pkgs.substituteAll {
+    name = "command-not-found";
+    dir = "bin";
+    src = ./command-not-found.pl;
+    isExecutable = true;
+    inherit (pkgs) perl;
+    inherit (cfg) dbPath;
+    perlFlags = concatStrings (map (path: "-I ${path}/lib/perl5/site_perl ")
+      [ pkgs.perlPackages.DBI pkgs.perlPackages.DBDSQLite pkgs.perlPackages.StringShellQuote ]);
+  };
+
+  shInit = commandNotFoundHandlerName: ''
+    # This function is called whenever a command is not found.
+    ${commandNotFoundHandlerName}() {
+      local p=${commandNotFound}/bin/command-not-found
+      if [ -x $p -a -f ${cfg.dbPath} ]; then
+        # Run the helper program.
+        $p "$@"
+      else
+        echo "$1: command not found" >&2
+        return 127
+      fi
+    }
+  '';
+
+in
+
+{
+  options.programs.command-not-found = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "command-not-found hook for interactive shell";
+
+    dbPath = mkOption {
+      default = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/programs.sqlite" ;
+      description = ''
+        Absolute path to <filename>programs.sqlite</filename>. By
+        default this file will be provided by your channel
+        (nixexprs.tar.xz).
+      '';
+      type = types.path;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    programs.bash.initExtra = shInit "command_not_found_handle";
+    programs.zsh.initExtra = shInit "command_not_found_handler";
+
+    home.packages = [ commandNotFound ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.pl b/modules/programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..997dfec64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#! @perl@/bin/perl -w @perlFlags@
+
+use strict;
+use DBI;
+use DBD::SQLite;
+use String::ShellQuote;
+use Config;
+
+my $program = $ARGV[0];
+
+my $dbPath = "@dbPath@";
+
+my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbname=$dbPath", "", "")
+    or die "cannot open database `$dbPath'";
+$dbh->{RaiseError} = 0;
+$dbh->{PrintError} = 0;
+
+my $system = $ENV{"NIX_SYSTEM"} // $Config{myarchname};
+
+my $res = $dbh->selectall_arrayref(
+    "select package from Programs where system = ? and name = ?",
+    { Slice => {} }, $system, $program);
+
+if (!defined $res || scalar @$res == 0) {
+    print STDERR "$program: command not found\n";
+} elsif (scalar @$res == 1) {
+    my $package = @$res[0]->{package};
+    if ($ENV{"NIX_AUTO_RUN"} // "") {
+        exec("nix-shell", "-p", $package, "--run", shell_quote("exec", @ARGV));
+    } else {
+        print STDERR <<EOF;
+The program ‘$program’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
+  nix-env -iA nixos.$package
+EOF
+    }
+} else {
+    print STDERR <<EOF;
+The program ‘$program’ is currently not installed. It is provided by
+several packages. You can install it by typing one of the following:
+EOF
+    print STDERR "  nix-env -iA nixos.$_->{package}\n" foreach @$res;
+}
+
+exit 127;