diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 60dbceb..74652cd 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -140,6 +140,60 @@ in
             '';
           };
 
+          customMaildir = mkOption {
+            type = types.nullOr (types.submodule ({ name, ...}: {
+              options = {
+                uid = mkOption {
+                  type = types.int;
+                  example = 1000;
+                  description = ''
+                    User ID for files and directories in the maildir. Files and
+                    directories created by Dovecot will be assigned this UID.
+                  '';
+                };
+
+                gid = mkOption {
+                  type = types.int;
+                  example = 1000;
+                  description = ''
+                    Group ID for files and directories in the maildir. Files and
+                    directories created by Dovecot will be assigned this GID.
+                  '';
+                };
+
+                dovecotHome = mkOption {
+                  type = types.str;
+                  example = "/home/myusername";
+                  description = ''
+                    Home directory for Dovecot virtual user. This is used to
+                    maintain mail user's private state. This MUST be different
+                    for each Dovecot virtual user and MUST be an absolute path.
+                    Refer to the Dovecot documentation for further information
+                    on this configuration option:
+                    https://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home
+                  '';
+                };
+
+                mailDirectorySpec = mkOption {
+                  type = types.str;
+                  example = "maildir:~/mail";
+                  description = ''
+                    Dovecot mail location specification. Refer to the Dovecot
+                    documentation for further information on this configuration
+                    option:
+                    https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/mail_location/
+                  '';
+                };
+              };
+            }));
+            default = null;
+            description = ''
+              Configuration options for a custom Maildir location. For instance,
+              this can be used to implement home-directory Maildirs for specific
+              users only. If null, a Maildir under /var/vmail will be assigned.
+            '';
+          };
+
           sieveScript = mkOption {
             type = with types; nullOr lines;
             default = null;
diff --git a/mail-server/dovecot.nix b/mail-server/dovecot.nix
index 8e6d2b2..f60db7a 100644
--- a/mail-server/dovecot.nix
+++ b/mail-server/dovecot.nix
@@ -123,12 +123,24 @@ let
     EOF
 
     cat <<EOF > ${userdbFile}
-    ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value:
-      "${name}:::::::"
-        + (if lib.isString value.quota
-              then "userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=${value.quota}"
-              else "")
-    ) cfg.loginAccounts)}
+    ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: (
+      if value.customMaildir == null then (
+        "${name}:::::::"
+      ) else (
+        "${name}:"
+        + ":${builtins.toString value.customMaildir.uid}"
+        + ":${builtins.toString value.customMaildir.gid}"
+        + ":"
+        + ":${value.customMaildir.dovecotHome}"
+        + ":/run/current-system/sw/bin/nologin"
+        + ":userdb_mail=${value.customMaildir.mailDirectorySpec}"
+      )
+    ) + (
+      if lib.isString value.quota then
+        " userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=${value.quota}"
+      else
+        ""
+    )) cfg.loginAccounts)}
     EOF
   '';