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{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
8
9{
10 imports =
11 [ # Use a locally-available module definition in
12 # ./example-module/default.nix
13 ./example-module
14 ];
15
16 services.exampleModule.enable = true;
17}
18```