diff --git a/examples/example.nix b/examples/example.nix
index 4a78aa30..5f23699d 100644
--- a/examples/example.nix
+++ b/examples/example.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
         pkgs.fd
       ];
 
+      shellAliases = {
+        nr = "nixpkgs-review pr";
+      };
+
       etc = {
         foo = {
           text = ''
diff --git a/nix/modules/environment.nix b/nix/modules/environment.nix
index 3cccf661..168d4f1e 100644
--- a/nix/modules/environment.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/environment.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
   ...
 }:
 
+let
+  cfg = config.environment;
+
+  aliases = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+    lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: "alias -- ${k}=${lib.escapeShellArg v}") (
+      lib.filterAttrs (k: v: v != null) cfg.shellAliases
+    )
+  );
+in
 {
   options.environment = {
     systemPackages = lib.mkOption {
@@ -16,6 +25,21 @@
       type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
       default = [ ];
     };
+
+    shellAliases = lib.mkOption {
+      type = with lib.types; attrsOf (nullOr (either str path));
+      default = { };
+      example = {
+        nr = "nixpkgs-review pr";
+        ".." = "cd ..";
+      };
+      description = ''
+        An attribute set that maps aliases (the top level attribute names in
+        this option) to command strings or directly to build outputs. The
+        aliases are added to all users' shells.
+        Aliases mapped to `null` are ignored.
+      '';
+    };
   };
 
   config =
@@ -33,6 +57,10 @@
             export PATH=${pathDir}/bin/:''${PATH}
           '';
 
+          "profile.d/shell-aliases.sh".source = pkgs.writeText "shell-aliases.sh" ''
+            ${aliases}
+          '';
+
           # TODO: figure out how to properly add fish support. We could start by
           # looking at what NixOS and HM do to set up the fish env.
           #"fish/conf.d/system-manager-path.fish".source =
diff --git a/test/nix/modules/default.nix b/test/nix/modules/default.nix
index 0b3c6541..cfa9348c 100644
--- a/test/nix/modules/default.nix
+++ b/test/nix/modules/default.nix
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ forEachUbuntuImage "example" {
         vm.succeed("bash --login -c 'realpath $(which rg) | grep -F ${hostPkgs.ripgrep}/bin/rg'")
         vm.succeed("bash --login -c 'realpath $(which fd) | grep -F ${hostPkgs.fd}/bin/fd'")
 
+        vm.succeed("bash --login -c 'type nr'")
+
         ${system-manager.lib.activateProfileSnippet {
           node = "vm";
           profile = newConfig;