diff --git a/lib/helpers.nix b/lib/helpers.nix
index 6c307761..95f3d677 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.nix
+++ b/lib/helpers.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ with lib; rec {
     then null
     else y;
 
+  mkRawIfNonNull = v: ifNonNull' v (mkRaw v);
+
   mkCompositeOption = desc: options:
     mkNullOrOption (types.submodule {inherit options;}) desc;
 
diff --git a/plugins/default.nix b/plugins/default.nix
index 0a9555de..c632e132 100644
--- a/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/default.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
     ./utils/nvim-osc52.nix
     ./utils/nvim-ufo.nix
     ./utils/oil.nix
+    ./utils/persistence.nix
     ./utils/project-nvim.nix
     ./utils/presence-nvim.nix
     ./utils/quickmath.nix
diff --git a/plugins/utils/persistence.nix b/plugins/utils/persistence.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be42c3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/utils/persistence.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  helpers = import ../helpers.nix {inherit lib;};
+in {
+  options.plugins.persistence =
+    helpers.extraOptionsOptions
+    // {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "persistence.nvim";
+
+      package = helpers.mkPackageOption "persistence.nvim" pkgs.vimPlugins.persistence-nvim;
+
+      dir =
+        helpers.defaultNullOpts.mkNullable (with types; either str helpers.rawType)
+        ''vim.fn.expand(vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/sessions/")''
+        "directory where session files are saved";
+
+      options = let
+        # https://neovim.io/doc/user/options.html#'sessionoptions'
+        sessionOpts = [
+          "blank"
+          "buffers"
+          "curdir"
+          "folds"
+          "globals"
+          "help"
+          "localoptions"
+          "options"
+          "skiprtp"
+          "resize"
+          "sesdir"
+          "tabpages"
+          "terminal"
+          "winpos"
+          "winsize"
+        ];
+      in
+        helpers.defaultNullOpts.mkNullable (with types; listOf (enum sessionOpts))
+        ''["buffers" "curdir" "tabpages" "winsize" "skiprtp"]'' "sessionoptions used for saving";
+
+      preSave = helpers.mkNullOrOption types.str "a function to call before saving the session";
+
+      saveEmpty = helpers.defaultNullOpts.mkBool false ''
+        don't save if there are no open file buffers
+      '';
+    };
+
+  config = let
+    cfg = config.plugins.persistence;
+  in
+    mkIf cfg.enable {
+      extraPlugins = [cfg.package];
+
+      extraConfigLua = let
+        opts = {
+          inherit (cfg) dir options;
+          pre_save = helpers.mkRawIfNonNull cfg.preSave;
+          save_empty = cfg.saveEmpty;
+        };
+      in ''
+        require('persistence').setup(${helpers.toLuaObject opts})
+      '';
+    };
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/plugins/utils/persistence.nix b/tests/test-sources/plugins/utils/persistence.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81beb1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-sources/plugins/utils/persistence.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  empty = {
+    plugins.persistence.enable = true;
+  };
+
+  defaults = {
+    plugins.persistence = {
+      enable = true;
+
+      dir.__raw = ''vim.fn.expand(vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/sessions/")'';
+      options = ["buffers" "curdir" "tabpages" "winsize"];
+      preSave = null;
+      saveEmpty = false;
+    };
+  };
+}