diff --git a/src/nix/modules/composition/docker-compose.nix b/src/nix/modules/composition/docker-compose.nix
index 95855ff..999ff40 100644
--- a/src/nix/modules/composition/docker-compose.nix
+++ b/src/nix/modules/composition/docker-compose.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,36 @@
  */
 { pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
 let
+  cfg = config.docker-compose;
+  inherit (lib) mkOption optionalAttrs mapAttrs;
+  inherit (lib.types) submodule attrsOf nullOr either str path bool;
   evalService = name: modules: pkgs.callPackage ../../eval-service.nix {} { inherit name modules; inherit (config) host; };
 
+  dockerComposeRef = fragment:
+    ''See <link xlink:href="https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/#${fragment}">Docker Compose#${fragment}</link>'';
+
+  secretType = submodule {
+    options = {
+      file = mkOption {
+        type = either path str;
+        description = ''
+          Sets the secret's value to this file.
+
+          ${dockerComposeRef "secrets"}
+        '';
+      };
+      external = mkOption {
+        type = bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether the value of this secret is set via other means.
+
+          ${dockerComposeRef "secrets"}
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -42,6 +70,11 @@ in
       description = "Attribute set of evaluated service configurations.";
       readOnly = true;
     };
+    docker-compose.secrets = lib.mkOption {
+      type = attrsOf secretType;
+      description = dockerComposeRef "secrets";
+      default = {};
+    };
   };
   config = {
     build.dockerComposeYaml = pkgs.writeText "docker-compose.yaml" config.build.dockerComposeYamlText;
@@ -52,6 +85,13 @@ in
       version = "3.4";
       services = lib.mapAttrs (k: c: c.config.build.service) config.docker-compose.evaluatedServices;
       x-arion = config.docker-compose.extended;
+    } // optionalAttrs (cfg.secrets != {}) {
+      secrets = mapAttrs (_k: s: optionalAttrs (s.external != false) {
+        inherit (s) external;
+      } // optionalAttrs (s.file != null) {
+        file = toString s.file;
+      }
+      ) cfg.secrets;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/nix/modules/service/docker-compose-service.nix b/src/nix/modules/service/docker-compose-service.nix
index 54dae9f..d40c6f7 100644
--- a/src/nix/modules/service/docker-compose-service.nix
+++ b/src/nix/modules/service/docker-compose-service.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 { pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
 
 let
-  inherit (lib) mkOption types;
+  inherit (lib) mkOption types mapAttrs mapAttrsToList;
   inherit (types) listOf nullOr attrsOf str either int bool;
 
+  cfg = config.service;
+
   link = url: text:
     ''<link xlink:href="${url}">${text}</link>'';
   dockerComposeRef = fragment:
@@ -23,6 +25,48 @@ let
   cap_add = lib.attrNames (lib.filterAttrs (name: value: value == true) config.service.capabilities);
   cap_drop = lib.attrNames (lib.filterAttrs (name: value: value == false) config.service.capabilities);
 
+  serviceSecretType = types.submodule {
+    options = {
+      source = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+        description = dockerComposeRef "secrets";
+      };
+      uid = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr (either str int);
+        default = null;
+        description = dockerComposeRef "secrets";
+      };
+      gid = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr (either str int);
+        default = null;
+        description = dockerComposeRef "secrets";
+      };
+      mode = mkOption {
+        type = nullOr str;
+        # default = "0444";
+        default = null;
+        description = ''
+          The default value of is usually 0444. This option may not be supported
+          when not deploying to a Swarm.
+
+          ${dockerComposeRef "secrets"}
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+  secrets = mapAttrsToList (k: s: {
+    target = k;
+  } //lib.optionalAttrs (s.source != null) {
+    inherit (s) source;
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (s.uid != null) {
+    inherit (s) uid;
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (s.gid != null) {
+    inherit (s) gid;
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (s.mode != null) {
+    inherit (s) mode;
+  }) cfg.secrets;
+
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -197,6 +241,19 @@ in
         }
       '';
     };
+    service.secrets = mkOption {
+      type = attrsOf serviceSecretType;
+      default = {};
+      description = dockerComposeRef "secrets";
+      example = {
+        redis_secret = {
+          source = "web_cache_redis_secret";
+          uid = 123;
+          gid = 123;
+          mode = "0440";
+        };
+      };
+    };
   };
 
   config.build.service = {
@@ -242,6 +299,8 @@ in
     inherit (config.service) restart;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (config.service.stop_signal != null) {
     inherit (config.service) stop_signal;
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (secrets != null) {
+    inherit secrets;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (config.service.tmpfs != []) {
     inherit (config.service) tmpfs;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (config.service.tty != null) {
diff --git a/tests/arion-test/default.nix b/tests/arion-test/default.nix
index 1020a1b..40f2ccd 100644
--- a/tests/arion-test/default.nix
+++ b/tests/arion-test/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ in
       (preEval [ ../../examples/minimal/arion-compose.nix ]).config.build.dockerComposeYaml
       (preEval [ ../../examples/full-nixos/arion-compose.nix ]).config.build.dockerComposeYaml
       (preEval [ ../../examples/nixos-unit/arion-compose.nix ]).config.build.dockerComposeYaml
+      (preEval [ ../testcases/secrets/arion-compose.nix ]).config.build.dockerComposeYaml
       pkgs.stdenv
     ];
   };
@@ -63,5 +64,13 @@ in
       $machine->succeed("cd work && NIX_PATH=nixpkgs='${pkgs.path}' arion down && rm -rf work");
       $machine->waitUntilFails("curl localhost:8000");
     };
+
+    subtest "secrets", sub {
+      $machine->succeed("cp -r ${../testcases/secrets} work && cd work && NIX_PATH=nixpkgs='${pkgs.path}' arion up -d");
+      $machine->waitUntilSucceeds("curl localhost:8000");
+      $machine->succeed("test qux = \"\$(curl localhost:8000/foo.txt)\"");
+      $machine->succeed("(cd work && NIX_PATH=nixpkgs='${pkgs.path}' arion down) && rm -rf work");
+      $machine->waitUntilFails("curl localhost:8000");
+    };
   '';
 }
diff --git a/tests/testcases/secrets/arion-compose.nix b/tests/testcases/secrets/arion-compose.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc530eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/secrets/arion-compose.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  docker-compose.services.webserver = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    nixos.useSystemd = true;
+    nixos.configuration.boot.tmpOnTmpfs = true;
+    nixos.configuration.services.nginx.enable = true;
+
+    # Please don't do this
+    nixos.configuration.services.nginx.virtualHosts.localhost.root = "/run/secrets";
+
+    service.useHostStore = true;
+    service.ports = [
+      "8000:80" # host:container
+    ];
+    service.secrets."foo.txt".source = "foo";
+  };
+  docker-compose.secrets.foo.file = ./foo.key;
+}
diff --git a/tests/testcases/secrets/arion-pkgs.nix b/tests/testcases/secrets/arion-pkgs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13a605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/secrets/arion-pkgs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Instead of pinning Nixpkgs, we can opt to use the one in NIX_PATH
+import <nixpkgs> {}
diff --git a/tests/testcases/secrets/foo.key b/tests/testcases/secrets/foo.key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78df5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testcases/secrets/foo.key
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+qux
\ No newline at end of file