diff --git a/modules/misc/news.nix b/modules/misc/news.nix
index 3e81a55f8..bccd511cb 100644
--- a/modules/misc/news.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/news.nix
@@ -1317,6 +1317,23 @@ in
           A new module is available: 'services.signaturepdf'.
         '';
       }
+
+      {
+        time = "2023-12-10T08:43:02+00:00";
+        condition = config.wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings ? source;
+        message = ''
+          Entries in
+
+            wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.source
+
+          are now placed at the start of the configuration file. If you relied
+          on the previous placement of the 'source' entries, please set
+
+             wayland.windowManager.hyprland.sourceFirst = false
+
+          to keep the previous behaviour.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix b/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix
index 5d3ff438c..3cd3a4b80 100644
--- a/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ in {
         Extra configuration lines to add to `~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf`.
       '';
     };
+
+    sourceFirst = lib.mkEnableOption ''
+      putting source entries at the top of the configuration
+    '' // {
+      default = true;
+    };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -222,9 +228,9 @@ in {
             inherit indent;
           };
           allFields = filterAttrs (n: v: !(isAttrs v)) attrs;
-          importantFields =
-            filterAttrs (n: _: (hasPrefix "$" n) || (hasPrefix "bezier" n))
-            allFields;
+          importantFields = filterAttrs (n: _:
+            (hasPrefix "$" n) || (hasPrefix "bezier" n)
+            || (cfg.sourceFirst && (hasPrefix "source" n))) allFields;
           fields = builtins.removeAttrs allFields
             (mapAttrsToList (n: _: n) importantFields);
         in mkFields importantFields
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.conf b/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.conf
index 7b745e3a1..8d9619014 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.conf
+++ b/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ $mod=SUPER
 bezier=smoothOut, 0.36, 0, 0.66, -0.56
 bezier=smoothIn, 0.25, 1, 0.5, 1
 bezier=overshot, 0.4,0.8,0.2,1.2
+source=sourced.conf
 animations {
   animation=border, 1, 2, smoothIn
   animation=fade, 1, 4, smoothOut
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.nix b/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.nix
index ee8227550..31fe04320 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland/simple-config.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     plugins =
       [ "/path/to/plugin1" (config.lib.test.mkStubPackage { name = "foo"; }) ];
     settings = {
+      source = [ "sourced.conf" ];
+
       decoration = {
         shadow_offset = "0 5";
         "col.shadow" = "rgba(00000099)";