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```