diff --git a/modules/misc/news.nix b/modules/misc/news.nix
index 3b44bdf77..23f64d8e8 100644
--- a/modules/misc/news.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/news.nix
@@ -821,6 +821,13 @@ in
           A new module is available: 'programs.alot'.
         '';
       }
+
+      {
+        time = "2018-10-20T09:30:57+00:00";
+        message = ''
+          A new module is available: 'programs.urxvt'.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index d8c2732e0..374edb620 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ let
     ./programs/taskwarrior.nix
     ./programs/termite.nix
     ./programs/texlive.nix
+    ./programs/urxvt.nix
     ./programs/vim.nix
     ./programs/zathura.nix
     ./programs/zsh.nix
diff --git a/modules/programs/urxvt.nix b/modules/programs/urxvt.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ac4f4bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/programs/urxvt.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.programs.urxvt;
+
+in
+
+{
+  options.programs.urxvt = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "rxvt-unicode terminal emulator";
+
+    package = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      default = pkgs.rxvt_unicode;
+      defaultText = "pkgs.rxvt_unicode";
+      description = "rxvt-unicode package to install.";
+    };
+
+    fonts = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.str;
+      default = [];
+      description = "List of fonts to be used.";
+      example = [ "xft:Droid Sans Mono Nerd Font:size=9" ];
+    };
+
+    keybindings = mkOption {
+      type = types.attrsOf types.str;
+      default = {};
+      description = "Mapping of keybindings to actions";
+      example = literalExample ''
+        {
+          "Shift-Control-C" = "eval:selection_to_clipboard";
+          "Shift-Control-V" = "eval:paste_clipboard";
+        }
+      '';
+    };
+
+    iso14755 = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = "ISO14755 support for viewing and entering unicode characters.";
+    };
+
+    scroll = {
+      bar = mkOption {
+        type = types.submodule {
+          options = {
+            enable = mkOption {
+              type = types.bool;
+              default = true;
+              description = "Whether to enable the scrollbar";
+            };
+
+            style = mkOption {
+              type = types.enum [ "rxvt" "plain" "next" "xterm" ];
+              default = "plain";
+              description = "Scrollbar style.";
+            };
+
+            align = mkOption {
+              type = types.enum [ "top" "bottom" "center" ];
+              default = "center";
+              description = "Scrollbar alignment.";
+            };
+
+            position = mkOption {
+              type = types.enum [ "left" "right" ];
+              default = "right";
+              description = "Scrollbar position.";
+            };
+
+            floating = mkOption {
+              type = types.bool;
+              default = true;
+              description = "Whether to display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough.";
+            };
+          };
+        };
+        default = {};
+        description = "Scrollbar settings.";
+      };
+
+      lines = mkOption {
+        type = types.ints.unsigned;
+        default = 10000;
+        description = "Number of lines to save in the scrollback buffer.";
+      };
+
+      keepPosition = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = "Whether to keep a scroll position when TTY receives new lines.";
+      };
+
+      scrollOnKeystroke = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = "Whether to scroll to bottom on keyboard input.";
+      };
+
+      scrollOnOutput = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = "Whether to scroll to bottom on TTY output.";
+      };
+    };
+
+    transparent = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Whether to enable pseudo-transparency.";
+    };
+
+    shading = mkOption {
+      type = types.ints.between 0 200;
+      default = 100;
+      description = "Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.";
+    };
+
+    extraConfig = mkOption {
+      default = {};
+      type = types.attrs;
+      description = "Additional configuration to add.";
+      example = { "shading" = 15; };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+    xresources.properties = {
+      "URxvt.scrollBar" = cfg.scroll.bar.enable;
+      "URxvt.scrollstyle" = cfg.scroll.bar.style;
+      "URxvt.scrollBar_align" = cfg.scroll.bar.align;
+      "URxvt.scrollBar_right" = cfg.scroll.bar.position == "right";
+      "URxvt.scrollBar_floating" = cfg.scroll.bar.floating;
+      "URxvt.saveLines" = cfg.scroll.lines;
+      "URxvt.scrollWithBuffer" = cfg.scroll.keepPosition;
+      "URxvt.scrollTtyKeypress" = cfg.scroll.scrollOnKeystroke;
+      "URxvt.scrollTtyOutput" = cfg.scroll.scrollOnOutput;
+      "URxvt.transparent" = cfg.transparent;
+      "URxvt.shading" = cfg.shading;
+      "URxvt.iso14755" = cfg.iso14755;
+    } // flip mapAttrs' cfg.keybindings (kb: action:
+     nameValuePair "URxvt.keysym.${kb}" action
+    ) // optionalAttrs (cfg.fonts != []) {
+      "URxvt.font" = concatStringsSep "," cfg.fonts;
+    } // flip mapAttrs' cfg.extraConfig (k: v:
+      nameValuePair "URxvt.${k}" v
+    );
+  };
+}