diff --git a/modules/misc/dconf.nix b/modules/misc/dconf.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c28fe9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/misc/dconf.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.dconf;
+  dag = config.lib.dag;
+
+  toDconfIni = generators.toINI { mkKeyValue = mkIniKeyValue; };
+
+  mkIniKeyValue = key: value:
+    let
+      tweakVal = v:
+        if isString v then "'${v}'"
+        else if isList v then "[" + concatMapStringsSep "," tweakVal v + "]"
+        else if isBool v then (if v then "true" else "false")
+        else toString v;
+    in
+      "${key}=${tweakVal value}";
+
+  primitive = with types; either bool (either int str);
+
+in
+
+{
+  meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.gnidorah maintainers.rycee ];
+
+  options = {
+    dconf = {
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        visible = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable dconf settings.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      settings = mkOption {
+        type = with types;
+          attrsOf (attrsOf (either primitive (listOf primitive)));
+        default = {};
+        example = literalExample ''
+          {
+            "org/gnome/calculator" = {
+              button-mode = "programming";
+              show-thousands = true;
+              base = 10;
+              word-size = 64;
+            };
+          }
+        '';
+        description = ''
+          Settings to write to the dconf configuration system.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf (cfg.enable && cfg.settings != {}) {
+    home.activation.dconfSettings = dag.entryAfter ["installPackages"] (
+      let
+        iniFile = pkgs.writeText "hm-dconf.ini" (toDconfIni cfg.settings);
+      in
+        ''
+          if [[ -v DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS ]]; then
+            DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION=""
+          else
+            DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION="${pkgs.dbus}/bin/dbus-run-session"
+          fi
+
+          if [[ -v DRY_RUN ]]; then
+            echo $DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION ${pkgs.gnome3.dconf}/bin/dconf load / "<" ${iniFile}
+          else
+            $DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION ${pkgs.gnome3.dconf}/bin/dconf load / < ${iniFile}
+          fi
+
+          unset DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION
+        ''
+    );
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/misc/news.nix b/modules/misc/news.nix
index 959485513..344f569cf 100644
--- a/modules/misc/news.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/news.nix
@@ -904,6 +904,13 @@ in
           A new module is available: 'programs.jq'.
         '';
       }
+
+      {
+        time = "2018-12-24T16:26:16+00:00";
+        message = ''
+          A new module is available: 'dconf'.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index aa9c4583a..45ab16a36 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ let
     (loadModule ./files.nix { })
     (loadModule ./home-environment.nix { })
     (loadModule ./manual.nix { })
+    (loadModule ./misc/dconf.nix { })
     (loadModule ./misc/fontconfig.nix { })
     (loadModule ./misc/gtk.nix { })
     (loadModule ./misc/lib.nix { })