1# Importing Modules {#sec-importing-modules} 2 3Sometimes NixOS modules need to be used in configuration but exist 4outside of Nixpkgs. These modules can be imported: 5 6```nix 7{ 8 config, 9 lib, 10 pkgs, 11 ... 12}: 13 14{ 15 imports = [ 16 # Use a locally-available module definition in 17 # ./example-module/default.nix 18 ./example-module 19 ]; 20 21 services.exampleModule.enable = true; 22} 23```