diff --git a/modules/misc/news.nix b/modules/misc/news.nix
index aaf6c1c3..5e066e7b 100644
--- a/modules/misc/news.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/news.nix
@@ -1091,6 +1091,13 @@ in
           A new module is available: 'programs.mpv'.
         '';
       }
+
+      {
+        time = "2019-05-30T17:49:29+00:00";
+        message = ''
+          A new module is available: 'services.xsuspender'.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index 45251167..ed01defe 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ let
     (loadModule ./services/xcape.nix { condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; })
     (loadModule ./services/xembed-sni-proxy.nix { condition = hostPlatform.isLinux; })
     (loadModule ./services/xscreensaver.nix { })
+    (loadModule ./services/xsuspender.nix { })
     (loadModule ./systemd.nix { })
     (loadModule ./xcursor.nix { })
     (loadModule ./xresources.nix { })
diff --git a/modules/services/xsuspender.nix b/modules/services/xsuspender.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d565fde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/xsuspender.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.xsuspender;
+
+  xsuspenderOptions = types.submodule {
+    options = {
+      matchWmClassContains = mkOption {
+        description = "Match windows that wm class contains string.";
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      matchWmClassGroupContains = mkOption {
+        description = "Match windows where wm class group contains string.";
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      matchWmNameContains = mkOption {
+        description = "Match windows where wm name contains string.";
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      suspendDelay = mkOption {
+        description = "Initial suspend delay in seconds.";
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 5;
+      };
+
+      resumeEvery = mkOption {
+        description = "Resume interval in seconds.";
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 50;
+      };
+
+      resumeFor = mkOption {
+        description = "Resume duration in seconds.";
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 5;
+      };
+
+      execSuspend = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          Before suspending, execute this shell script. If it fails,
+          abort suspension.
+        '';
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        example = ''echo "suspending window $XID of process $PID"'';
+      };
+
+      execResume = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          Before resuming, execute this shell script. Resume the
+          process regardless script failure.
+        '';
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        example = ''echo resuming ...'';
+      };
+
+      sendSignals = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          Whether to send SIGSTOP / SIGCONT signals or not.
+          If false just the exec scripts are run.
+        '';
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+      };
+
+      suspendSubtreePattern = mkOption {
+        description = "Also suspend descendant processes that match this regex.";
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+      };
+
+      onlyOnBattery = mkOption {
+        description = "Whether to enable process suspend only on battery.";
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+
+      autoSuspendOnBattery = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          Whether to auto-apply rules when switching to battery
+          power even if the window(s) didn't just lose focus.
+        '';
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+      };
+
+      downclockOnBattery = mkOption {
+        description = ''
+          Limit CPU consumption for this factor when on battery power.
+          Value 1 means 50% decrease, 2 means 66%, 3 means 75% etc.
+        '';
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 0;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+in
+
+{
+  meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.offline ];
+
+  options = {
+    services.xsuspender = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "XSuspender";
+
+      defaults = mkOption {
+        description = "XSuspender defaults.";
+        type = xsuspenderOptions;
+        default = {};
+      };
+
+      rules = mkOption {
+        description = "Attribute set of XSuspender rules.";
+        type = types.attrsOf xsuspenderOptions;
+        default = {};
+        example = {
+          Chromium = {
+            suspendDelay = 10;
+            matchWmClassContains = "chromium-browser";
+            suspendSubtreePattern = "chromium";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+
+      debug = mkOption {
+        description = "Whether to enable debug output.";
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+      };
+
+      iniContent = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf types.attrs;
+        internal = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.xsuspender.iniContent =
+      let
+        mkSection = values: filterAttrs (_: v: v != null) {
+          suspend_delay = values.suspendDelay;
+          resume_every = values.resumeEvery;
+          resume_for = values.resumeFor;
+          exec_suspend = values.execSuspend;
+          exec_resume = values.execResume;
+          send_signals = values.sendSignals;
+          only_on_battery = values.onlyOnBattery;
+          auto_suspend_on_battery = values.autoSuspendOnBattery;
+          downclock_on_battery = values.downclockOnBattery;
+        };
+      in
+        {
+          default = mkSection cfg.defaults;
+        }
+        // mapAttrs (_: mkSection) cfg.rules;
+
+    # To make the xsuspender tool available.
+    home.packages = [ pkgs.xsuspender ];
+
+    xdg.configFile."xsuspender.conf".text = generators.toINI {} cfg.iniContent;
+
+    systemd.user.services.xsuspender = {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "XSuspender";
+        After = [ "graphical-session-pre.target" ];
+        PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+        X-Restart-Triggers = [
+          "${config.xdg.configFile."xsuspender.conf".source}"
+        ];
+      };
+
+      Service = {
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.xsuspender}/bin/xsuspender";
+        Environment = mkIf cfg.debug [ "G_MESSAGE_DEBUG=all" ];
+      };
+
+      Install = {
+        WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}