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+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+# unixODBC drivers (this solution is not perfect.. Because the user has to
+# ask the admin to add a driver.. but it's simple and works
+
+let
+  iniDescription = pkg: ''
+    [${pkg.fancyName}]
+    Description = ${pkg.meta.description}
+    Driver = ${pkg}/${pkg.driver}
+  '';
+
+in {
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    environment.unixODBCDrivers = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.package;
+      default = [];
+      example = literalExpression "with pkgs.unixODBCDrivers; [ sqlite psql ]";
+      description = ''
+        Specifies Unix ODBC drivers to be registered in
+        <filename>/etc/odbcinst.ini</filename>.  You may also want to
+        add <literal>pkgs.unixODBC</literal> to the system path to get
+        a command line client to connect to ODBC databases.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf (config.environment.unixODBCDrivers != []) {
+    environment.etc."odbcinst.ini".text = concatMapStringsSep "\n" iniDescription config.environment.unixODBCDrivers;
+  };
+
+}