diff --git a/mailsystem/default.nix b/mailsystem/default.nix
index 886e5e2..abc5b73 100644
--- a/mailsystem/default.nix
+++ b/mailsystem/default.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,34 @@
       example = "mail.example.com";
       description = "Fully qualified domain name of the mail server.";
     };
+
+    vmailUID = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.int;
+      default = 5000;
+      description = "The unix UID of the virtual mail user.";
+    };
+
+    vmailUserName = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "vmail";
+      description = "The user name of the user that owns the directory all the mail is stored.";
+    };
+
+    vmailGroupName = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "vmail";
+      description = "The group name of the user that owns the directory all the mail is stored.";
+    };
+
+    mailDirectory = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "/var/vmail";
+      description = "Storage location for all mail.";
+    };
   };
 
   imports = [
     ./nginx.nix
+    ./user.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/mailsystem/user.nix b/mailsystem/user.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..416d20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mailsystem/user.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  cfg = config.mailsystem;
+in {
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    users.users."${cfg.vmailUserName}" = {
+      uid = cfg.vmailUID;
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group = cfg.vmailGroupName;
+      home = cfg.mailDirectory;
+      createHome = true;
+      description = "Virtual Mail User";
+    };
+
+    users.groups."${cfg.vmailGroupName}" = {
+      gid = cfg.vmailUID;
+    };
+  };
+}