diff --git a/modules/secrets/default.nix b/modules/secrets/default.nix
index 154f0b5..6ad06c5 100644
--- a/modules/secrets/default.nix
+++ b/modules/secrets/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ in {
       description = "fetch secrets from external vault with https";
       type = liminix.lib.types.serviceDefn;
     };
+    tang = mkOption {
+      description = "fetch secrets from encrypted local pathname, using tang";
+      type = liminix.lib.types.serviceDefn;
+    };
     subscriber = mkOption {
       description = "wrapper around a service that needs notifying (e.g. restarting) when secrets change";
       type = liminix.lib.types.serviceDefn;
@@ -34,7 +38,21 @@ in {
         description = "password for HTTP basic auth";
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
       };
-
+      name = mkOption {
+        description = "service name";
+        type = types.str;
+      };
+      interval =  mkOption {
+        type = types.int;
+        default = 30;
+        description = "how often to check the source, in minutes";
+      };
+    };
+    tang = config.system.callService ./tang.nix {
+      path = mkOption {
+        description = "encrypted source pathname";
+        type = types.path;
+      };
       name = mkOption {
         description = "service name";
         type = types.str;
diff --git a/modules/secrets/tang.nix b/modules/secrets/tang.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b3fa47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/secrets/tang.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  liminix, lib, json-to-fstree, serviceFns, tangc
+}:
+{ name, path, interval } :
+let
+  inherit (liminix.services) longrun;
+  inherit (lib) optionalString;
+in longrun {
+  inherit name;
+  buildInputs = [ json-to-fstree ];
+  run = ''
+    statedir=/run/${name}
+    mkdir -m 0700 $statedir
+    ( in_outputs ${name}
+      while : ; do
+        ${tangc}/bin/tangc decrypt < ${path} > $statedir/input.json
+        ${json-to-fstree}/bin/json-to-fstree file://$statedir/input.json .
+        sleep ${builtins.toString (interval * 60)}
+      done
+    )
+  '';
+}