diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
index 45d4f877ae5b..84824e2f90f0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/containers.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
+    storage.settings = mkOption {
+      type = toml.type;
+      default = {
+        storage = {
+          driver = "overlay";
+          graphroot = "/var/lib/containers/storage";
+          runroot = "/run/containers/storage";
+        };
+      };
+      description = "storage.conf configuration";
+    };
+
     registries = {
       search = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
@@ -129,6 +141,9 @@ in
     environment.etc."containers/containers.conf".source =
       toml.generate "containers.conf" cfg.containersConf.settings;
 
+    environment.etc."containers/storage.conf".source =
+      toml.generate "storage.conf" cfg.storage.settings;
+
     environment.etc."containers/registries.conf".source = toml.generate "registries.conf" {
       registries = lib.mapAttrs (n: v: { registries = v; }) cfg.registries;
     };