diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/home-assistant.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/home-assistant.nix
index 0590f54ae60e..1985f1308811 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/home-assistant.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/home-assistant.nix
@@ -245,22 +245,85 @@ in {
         rm -f "${cfg.configDir}/ui-lovelace.yaml"
         ln -s ${lovelaceConfigFile} "${cfg.configDir}/ui-lovelace.yaml"
       '');
-      serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = "${package}/bin/hass --config '${cfg.configDir}'";
+      serviceConfig = let
+        # List of capabilities to equip home-assistant with, depending on configured components
+        capabilities = [
+          # Empty string first, so we will never accidentally have an empty capability bounding set
+          # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/120617#issuecomment-830685115
+          ""
+        ] ++ (unique (optionals (useComponent "bluetooth_tracker" || useComponent "bluetooth_le_tracker") [
+          # Required for interaction with hci devices and bluetooth sockets
+          # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth_le_tracker/#rootless-setup-on-core-installs
+          "CAP_NET_ADMIN"
+          "CAP_NET_RAW"
+        ] ++ lib.optionals (useComponent "emulated_hue") [
+          # Alexa looks for the service on port 80
+          # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/emulated_hue
+          "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE"
+        ] ++ lib.optionals (useComponent "nmap_tracker") [
+          # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/nmap_tracker#linux-capabilities
+          "CAP_NET_ADMIN"
+          "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE"
+          "CAP_NET_RAW"
+        ]));
+      in {
+        ExecStart = "${package}/bin/hass --runner --config '${cfg.configDir}'";
         ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
         User = "hass";
         Group = "hass";
         Restart = "on-failure";
+        RestartForceExitStatus = "100";
+        SuccessExitStatus = "100";
+        KillSignal = "SIGINT";
+
+        # Hardening
+        AmbientCapabilities = capabilities;
+        CapabilityBoundingSet = capabilities;
+        DeviceAllow = [
+          "char-ttyACM rw"
+          "char-ttyAMA rw"
+          "char-ttyUSB rw"
+        ];
+        DevicePolicy = "closed";
+        LockPersonality = true;
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+        NoNewPrivileges = true;
+        PrivateTmp = true;
+        PrivateUsers = false; # prevents gaining capabilities in the host namespace
+        ProtectClock = true;
+        ProtectControlGroups = true;
+        ProtectHome = true;
+        ProtectHostname = true;
+        ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+        ProtectKernelModules = true;
+        ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+        ProtectProc = "invisible";
+        ProcSubset = "pid";
         ProtectSystem = "strict";
+        RemoveIPC = true;
         ReadWritePaths = let
+          # Allow rw access to explicitly configured paths
           cfgPath = [ "config" "homeassistant" "allowlist_external_dirs" ];
           value = attrByPath cfgPath [] cfg;
           allowPaths = if isList value then value else singleton value;
         in [ "${cfg.configDir}" ] ++ allowPaths;
-        KillSignal = "SIGINT";
-        PrivateTmp = true;
-        RemoveIPC = true;
-        AmbientCapabilities = "cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip";
+        RestrictAddressFamilies = [
+          "AF_UNIX"
+          "AF_INET"
+          "AF_INET6"
+        ] ++ optionals (useComponent "bluetooth_tracker" || useComponent "bluetooth_le_tracker") [
+          "AF_BLUETOOTH"
+        ];
+        RestrictNamespaces = true;
+        RestrictRealtime = true;
+        RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+        SupplementaryGroups = [ "dialout" ];
+        SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+        SystemCallFilter = [
+          "@system-service"
+          "~@privileged"
+        ];
+        UMask = "0077";
       };
       path = [
         "/run/wrappers" # needed for ping
@@ -278,7 +341,6 @@ in {
       home = cfg.configDir;
       createHome = true;
       group = "hass";
-      extraGroups = [ "dialout" ];
       uid = config.ids.uids.hass;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix b/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
index 3b7295324a18..c75dd248ecb3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }:
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 let
   configDir = "/var/lib/foobar";
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ let
   mqttPassword = "secret";
 in {
   name = "home-assistant";
-  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
-  };
+  meta.maintainers = lib.teams.home-assistant.members;
 
   nodes.hass = { pkgs, ... }: {
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ mosquitto ];
@@ -47,6 +45,10 @@ in {
           payload_on = "let_there_be_light";
           payload_off = "off";
         }];
+        emulated_hue = {
+          host_ip = "127.0.0.1";
+          listen_port = 80;
+        };
         logger = {
           default = "info";
           logs."homeassistant.components.mqtt" = "debug";
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ in {
         hass.succeed(
             "mosquitto_pub -V mqttv5 -t home-assistant/test -u ${mqttUsername} -P '${mqttPassword}' -m let_there_be_light"
         )
+    with subtest("Check that capabilities are passed for emulated_hue to bind to port 80"):
+        hass.wait_for_open_port(80)
+        hass.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:80/description.xml")
     with subtest("Print log to ease debugging"):
         output_log = hass.succeed("cat ${configDir}/home-assistant.log")
         print("\n### home-assistant.log ###\n")
@@ -93,5 +98,8 @@ in {
     # example line: 2020-06-20 10:01:32 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Received message on home-assistant/test: b'let_there_be_light'
     with subtest("Check we received the mosquitto message"):
         assert "let_there_be_light" in output_log
+
+    with subtest("Check systemd unit hardening"):
+        hass.log(hass.succeed("systemd-analyze security home-assistant.service"))
   '';
 })