diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/nsswitch.nix b/nixos/modules/config/nsswitch.nix
index 354c506e0ae89..797d2422e27c0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/nsswitch.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/nsswitch.nix
@@ -97,6 +97,30 @@
         '';
         default = [ ];
       };
+
+      subuid = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
+        description = ''
+          List of subuid entries to configure in {file}`/etc/nsswitch.conf`.
+
+          Note that "files" is always prepended.
+
+          This option only takes effect if nscd is enabled.
+        '';
+        default = [ ];
+      };
+
+      subgid = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
+        description = ''
+          List of subgid entries to configure in {file}`/etc/nsswitch.conf`.
+
+          Note that "files" is always prepended.
+
+          This option only takes effect if nscd is enabled.
+        '';
+        default = [ ];
+      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -133,6 +157,9 @@
       services:  ${lib.concatStringsSep " " config.system.nssDatabases.services}
       protocols: files
       rpc:       files
+
+      subuid:    ${lib.concatStringsSep " " config.system.nssDatabases.subuid}
+      subgid:    ${lib.concatStringsSep " " config.system.nssDatabases.subgid}
     '';
 
     system.nssDatabases = {
@@ -145,6 +172,8 @@
         (lib.mkOrder 1499 [ "dns" ])
       ];
       services = lib.mkBefore [ "files" ];
+      subuid = lib.mkBefore [ "files" ];
+      subgid = lib.mkBefore [ "files" ];
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/ipa.nix b/nixos/modules/security/ipa.nix
index b9ed5ff36bf75..0951cc0d262de 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/ipa.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/ipa.nix
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ in
           allowed_uids = lib.concatStringsSep ", " cfg.ifpAllowedUids;
         };
       };
+      subIDsIntegration = true;
     };
 
     networking.timeServers = lib.optional cfg.useAsTimeserver cfg.server;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/sssd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/sssd.nix
index 05351a040916c..5a4c3a3f45cad 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/sssd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/sssd.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ in
           Kerberos will be configured to cache credentials in SSS.
         '';
       };
+
+      subIDsIntegration = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to use SSS as a source for subuid and subgid.
+        '';
+      };
+
       environmentFile = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.path;
         default = null;
@@ -246,6 +255,11 @@ in
       services.openssh.authorizedKeysCommand = "/etc/ssh/authorized_keys_command";
       services.openssh.authorizedKeysCommandUser = "nobody";
     })
+
+    (lib.mkIf cfg.subIDsIntegration {
+      system.nssDatabases.subuid = [ "sss" ];
+      system.nssDatabases.subgid = [ "sss" ];
+    })
   ];
 
   meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bbigras ];