diff --git a/modules/misc/specialization.nix b/modules/misc/specialisation.nix
similarity index 78%
rename from modules/misc/specialization.nix
rename to modules/misc/specialisation.nix
index 105f0d67e..e9844f2d2 100644
--- a/modules/misc/specialization.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/specialisation.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 with lib;
 
 {
-  options.specialization = mkOption {
+  imports =
+    [ (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "specialization" ] [ "specialisation" ]) ];
+
+  options.specialisation = mkOption {
     type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule {
       options = {
         configuration = mkOption {
@@ -11,10 +14,10 @@ with lib;
             extended = extendModules {
               modules = [{
                 # Prevent infinite recursion
-                specialization = mkOverride 0 { };
+                specialisation = mkOverride 0 { };
 
                 # If used inside the NixOS/nix-darwin module, we get conflicting definitions
-                # of `name` inside the specialization: one is the user name coming from the
+                # of `name` inside the specialisation: one is the user name coming from the
                 # NixOS module definition and the other is `configuration`, the name of this
                 # option. Thus we need to explicitly wire the former into the module arguments.
                 # See discussion at https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/3716
@@ -34,19 +37,19 @@ with lib;
     description = ''
       A set of named specialized configurations. These can be used to extend
       your base configuration with additional settings. For example, you can
-      have specializations named <quote>light</quote> and <quote>dark</quote>
+      have specialisations named <quote>light</quote> and <quote>dark</quote>
       that applies light and dark color theme configurations.
 
       </para><para>
 
       Note, this is an experimental option for now and you therefore have to
-      activate the specialization by looking up and running the activation
+      activate the specialisation by looking up and running the activation
       script yourself. Note, running the activation script will create a new
       Home Manager generation.
 
       </para><para>
 
-      For example, to activate the <quote>dark</quote> specialization. You can
+      For example, to activate the <quote>dark</quote> specialisation. You can
       first look up your current Home Manager generation by running
 
       <programlisting language="console">
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ with lib;
       then run
 
       <programlisting language="console">
-        $ /nix/store/jy…ac-home-manager-generation/specialization/dark/activate
+        $ /nix/store/jy…ac-home-manager-generation/specialisation/dark/activate
         Starting Home Manager activation
         …
       </programlisting>
@@ -69,14 +72,14 @@ with lib;
     '';
   };
 
-  config = mkIf (config.specialization != { }) {
+  config = mkIf (config.specialisation != { }) {
     home.extraBuilderCommands = let
       link = n: v:
         let pkg = v.configuration.home.activationPackage;
-        in "ln -s ${pkg} $out/specialization/${n}";
+        in "ln -s ${pkg} $out/specialisation/${n}";
     in ''
-      mkdir $out/specialization
-      ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList link config.specialization)}
+      mkdir $out/specialisation
+      ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList link config.specialisation)}
     '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index 73008004a..2cff12dc3 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let
     ./misc/numlock.nix
     ./misc/pam.nix
     ./misc/qt.nix
-    ./misc/specialization.nix
+    ./misc/specialisation.nix
     ./misc/submodule-support.nix
     ./misc/tmpfiles.nix
     ./misc/version.nix
diff --git a/tests/default.nix b/tests/default.nix
index 1b5067a73..fa202ff23 100644
--- a/tests/default.nix
+++ b/tests/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import nmt {
     ./modules/home-environment
     ./modules/misc/fontconfig
     ./modules/misc/nix
-    ./modules/misc/specialization
+    ./modules/misc/specialisation
     ./modules/programs/aerc
     ./modules/programs/alacritty
     ./modules/programs/alot
diff --git a/tests/modules/misc/specialization/default.nix b/tests/modules/misc/specialization/default.nix
index ddbc22c6a..33c240ff6 100644
--- a/tests/modules/misc/specialization/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/misc/specialization/default.nix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ specialization = ./specialization.nix; }
+{ specialisation = ./specialisation.nix; }
diff --git a/tests/modules/misc/specialization/specialization.nix b/tests/modules/misc/specialization/specialization.nix
index 9d6149a0a..a8d417d48 100644
--- a/tests/modules/misc/specialization/specialization.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/misc/specialization/specialization.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ with lib;
 
 {
   home.file.testfile.text = "not special";
-  specialization.test.configuration = {
+  specialisation.test.configuration = {
     home.file.testfile.text = "very special";
   };
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ with lib;
     assertFileExists home-files/testfile
     assertFileContains home-files/testfile "not special"
 
-    assertFileExists specialization/test/home-files/testfile
-    assertFileContains specialization/test/home-files/testfile "not special"
+    assertFileExists specialisation/test/home-files/testfile
+    assertFileContains specialisation/test/home-files/testfile "not special"
   '';
 }