diff --git a/modules/misc/xdg-autostart.nix b/modules/misc/xdg-autostart.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6b8b7e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/misc/xdg-autostart.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (builtins) baseNameOf listToAttrs map unsafeDiscardStringContext;
+  inherit (lib) literalExpression mkEnableOption mkIf mkOption types;
+
+  cfg = config.xdg.autostart;
+
+  /* "/nix/store/x-foo/application.desktop" -> {
+       name = "autostart/application.desktop";
+       value = { source = "/nix/store/x-foo/application.desktop"; };
+     }
+  */
+  mapDesktopEntry = entry: {
+    name = "autostart/${unsafeDiscardStringContext (baseNameOf entry)}";
+    value.source = entry;
+  };
+in {
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ Scrumplex ];
+
+  options.xdg.autostart = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "creation of XDG autostart entries";
+
+    entries = mkOption {
+      type = with types; listOf path;
+      description = ''
+        Paths to desktop files that should be linked to `XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart`
+      '';
+      default = [ ];
+      example = literalExpression ''
+        [
+          "''${pkgs.evolution}/share/applications/org.gnome.Evolution.desktop"
+        ]
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.entries != [ ]) {
+    xdg.configFile = listToAttrs (map mapDesktopEntry cfg.entries);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index ff48b21a5..a6a8e8d1b 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ let
     ./misc/uninstall.nix
     ./misc/version.nix
     ./misc/vte.nix
+    ./misc/xdg-autostart.nix
     ./misc/xdg-desktop-entries.nix
     ./misc/xdg-mime-apps.nix
     ./misc/xdg-mime.nix
diff --git a/tests/modules/misc/xdg/autostart.nix b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/autostart.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b93580414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/autostart.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }: {
+  config = {
+    xdg.autostart = {
+      enable = true;
+      entries = [
+        "${pkgs.evolution}/share/applications/org.gnome.Evolution.desktop"
+        "${pkgs.tdesktop}/share/applications/org.telegram.desktop.desktop"
+      ];
+    };
+
+    nmt.script = ''
+      assertFileExists home-files/.config/autostart/org.gnome.Evolution.desktop
+      assertFileContent home-files/.config/autostart/org.gnome.Evolution.desktop \
+        ${pkgs.evolution}/share/applications/org.gnome.Evolution.desktop
+      assertFileExists home-files/.config/autostart/org.telegram.desktop.desktop
+      assertFileContent home-files/.config/autostart/org.telegram.desktop.desktop \
+        ${pkgs.tdesktop}/share/applications/org.telegram.desktop.desktop
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/misc/xdg/default.nix b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/default.nix
index bc2f9a9df..7a7223354 100644
--- a/tests/modules/misc/xdg/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/misc/xdg/default.nix
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
   xdg-default-locations = ./default-locations.nix;
   xdg-user-dirs-null = ./user-dirs-null.nix;
   xdg-portal = ./portal.nix;
+  xdg-autostart = ./autostart.nix;
 }