diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
index 763283dfe7a2..7775a4bd87fe 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ let
         forwarders { ${concatMapStrings (entry: " ${entry}; ") cfg.forwarders} };
         directory "/var/run/named";
         pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
+        ${cfg.extraOptions}
       };
 
       ${cfg.extraConfig}
@@ -141,6 +142,15 @@ in
         ";
       };
 
+      extraOptions = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = ''
+          Extra lines to be added verbatim to the options section of the
+          generated named configuration file.
+        '';
+      };
+
       configFile = mkOption {
         type = types.path;
         default = confFile;
diff --git a/nixos/release.nix b/nixos/release.nix
index 78448b5c9701..1e52c0f86a7a 100644
--- a/nixos/release.nix
+++ b/nixos/release.nix
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ in rec {
   tests.avahi = callTest tests/avahi.nix {};
   tests.beegfs = callTest tests/beegfs.nix {};
   tests.bittorrent = callTest tests/bittorrent.nix {};
+  tests.bind = callTest tests/bind.nix {};
   tests.blivet = callTest tests/blivet.nix {};
   tests.boot = callSubTests tests/boot.nix {};
   tests.boot-stage1 = callTest tests/boot-stage1.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/bind.nix b/nixos/tests/bind.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f8c1dc7be40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/bind.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import ./make-test.nix {
+  name = "bind";
+
+  machine = { pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+    services.bind.enable = true;
+    services.bind.extraOptions = "empty-zones-enable no;";
+    services.bind.zones = lib.singleton {
+      name = ".";
+      file = pkgs.writeText "root.zone" ''
+        $TTL 3600
+        . IN SOA ns.example.org. admin.example.org. ( 1 3h 1h 1w 1d )
+        . IN NS ns.example.org.
+
+        ns.example.org. IN A    192.168.0.1
+        ns.example.org. IN AAAA abcd::1
+
+        1.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa IN PTR ns.example.org.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    $machine->waitForUnit('bind.service');
+    $machine->waitForOpenPort(53);
+    $machine->succeed('host 192.168.0.1 127.0.0.1 | grep -qF ns.example.org');
+  '';
+}