diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix
index 88c3f99aed4e0..69577bbe01810 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/thermald.nix
@@ -6,16 +6,30 @@ let
   cfg = config.services.thermald;
 in {
   ###### interface
-  options = { 
-    services.thermald = { 
+  options = {
+    services.thermald = {
       enable = mkOption {
         default = false;
         description = ''
           Whether to enable thermald, the temperature management daemon.
-        ''; 
-      };  
-    };  
-  };  
+        '';
+      };
+
+      debug = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable debug logging.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      configFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        description = "the thermald manual configuration file.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
 
   ###### implementation
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -24,7 +38,15 @@ in {
     systemd.services.thermald = {
       description = "Thermal Daemon Service";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      script = "exec ${pkgs.thermald}/sbin/thermald --no-daemon --dbus-enable";
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${pkgs.thermald}/sbin/thermald \
+            --no-daemon \
+            ${optionalString cfg.debug "--loglevel=debug"} \
+            ${optionalString (cfg.configFile != null) "--config-file ${cfg.configFile}"} \
+            --dbus-enable
+        '';
+      };
     };
   };
 }