diff --git a/.sops.yaml b/.sops.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccad854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sops.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+keys:
+  - &age_key age1w5rvr4nl8xvjjxpct4e2a2eajvm79v4r9nyxrcn40fm8d7h9l9cqkk0jtt
+  - &skipper_host_ed25519 age1mhks8qmhjrtc2u5ufvp3pv2hn7tkadvmscnp7wd0ywmnse0szctqsnpy0a
+creation_rules:
+  - path_regex: secrets.yaml
+    key_groups:
+    - age:
+      - *age_key
+      - *skipper_host_ed25519
diff --git a/common/default.nix b/common/default.nix
index d01f589..7c65678 100644
--- a/common/default.nix
+++ b/common/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 { ... }: {
-  imports = [ ./nix.nix ./users ];
+  imports = [ ./nix.nix ./users ./secrets.nix ];
 }
diff --git a/common/secrets.nix b/common/secrets.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a257be
Binary files /dev/null and b/common/secrets.nix differ
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 54f455a..b92ea51 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -395,6 +395,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-stable_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1718478900,
+        "narHash": "sha256-v43N1gZLcGkhg3PdcrKUNIZ1L0FBzB2JqhIYEyKAHEs=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "c884223af91820615a6146af1ae1fea25c107005",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "release-23.11",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1718149104,
@@ -428,6 +444,22 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs_4": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1718276985,
+        "narHash": "sha256-u1fA0DYQYdeG+5kDm1bOoGcHtX0rtC7qs2YA2N1X++I=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "3f84a279f1a6290ce154c5531378acc827836fbb",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_5": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1716220750,
         "narHash": "sha256-Lhhrd1ZBNXCbUupWGq6gRPIy1qMKEdcAXcjnwgVqe/U=",
@@ -478,6 +510,7 @@
         "lanzaboote": "lanzaboote",
         "neovim-nightly": "neovim-nightly",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3",
+        "sops-nix": "sops-nix",
         "varnam-nix": "varnam-nix"
       }
     },
@@ -506,6 +539,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "sops-nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4",
+        "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1718506969,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Pm9I/BMQHbsucdWf6y9G3xBZh3TMlThGo4KBbeoeczg=",
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "rev": "797ce4c1f45a85df6dd3d9abdc53f2691bea9251",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "ref": "master",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "systems": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1681028828,
@@ -538,7 +591,7 @@
     },
     "varnam-nix": {
       "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_5"
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1716722955,
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8b6069e..e7e8627 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
       url = "github:nix-community/home-manager?ref=master";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
-    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
     impermanence.url = "github:nix-community/impermanence?ref=master";
     lanzaboote.url = "github:nix-community/lanzaboote?ref=master";
+    sops-nix.url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix?ref=master";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
     neovim-nightly.url = "github:nix-community/neovim-nightly-overlay?ref=master";
     varnam-nix.url = "github:adtya/varnam-nix?ref=main";
   };
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
     , home-manager
     , impermanence
     , lanzaboote
+    , sops-nix
     , neovim-nightly
     , varnam-nix
     ,
@@ -57,10 +59,10 @@
             {
               system.configurationRevision = nixpkgs.lib.mkIf (self ? rev) self.rev;
             }
-
             home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
             impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
             lanzaboote.nixosModules.lanzaboote
+            sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
 
             ./common
             ./hosts/skipper
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@
           git
           git-crypt
           statix
+          sops
+          age
         ];
       };
       packages.getpaper = (import ./extra-packages pkgs).getpaper;
diff --git a/home/default.nix b/home/default.nix
index b763133..1ef2a8d 100644
--- a/home/default.nix
+++ b/home/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 _: {
-  imports = [ ./programs ./services ./wm ./gtk.nix ./qt.nix ./persistence.nix ];
+  imports = [ ./programs ./services ./wm ./gtk.nix ./persistence.nix ./qt.nix ./secrets.nix ];
 
   home.stateVersion = "23.11";
 
diff --git a/home/secrets.nix b/home/secrets.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91e9ebe
Binary files /dev/null and b/home/secrets.nix differ
diff --git a/secrets.yaml b/secrets.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..771df70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secrets.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+passwd:
+    root: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:fEAYZXid9Im/TJrBXj9IOUCdqHT3NZ8GZvouX+RN/1PplH+imoGvjiMc+7AWxUwH28RYpKlFmrILrBSCFEvypX/IXuwx0Zq/uoTLEiP+NiDvSl+e1kvTbI5q19iSajmxU/mN67zTTmUbzA==,iv:MtX/dAEIsQFJc4KahJPbj+dELowLF0caea55/HZ3WWA=,tag:bkfqmLU+dCW+KNJ7RFoeFQ==,type:str]
+    adtya: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:ryjjreVHyt/oY4tJcJHZ8ZQNk/hq9UJFECwo65Pd/GTWw/V/0QxwhoPsuFrgrVRwZxmK+m52ZtGstarn6kSK0oqT7rqzu4u0UwgxzRiPOAzyGPCl9PbiMWUQyeh779q133E+GRw5hEih7A==,iv:o1C+5PSKYmXU61k1TOJWIw3dPWbGBQNwB+pa2X5m9ik=,tag:WSKUXPJmMudschBaYJsSrg==,type:str]
+sops:
+    kms: []
+    gcp_kms: []
+    azure_kv: []
+    hc_vault: []
+    age:
+        - recipient: age1w5rvr4nl8xvjjxpct4e2a2eajvm79v4r9nyxrcn40fm8d7h9l9cqkk0jtt
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSB1bzR4NWVIdEZ3UTNCRGNj
+            UldLTlVVSlZLRFVWUlhtNkJvaDk2azhDb0c0Cm5XQzhSQ29sb3lxZFMzVlY5bXJ3
+            VGZhZHd0NjBHVjJVZHV4ZHZGVmJqTkEKLS0tIEYxTWJuU3VhTG0xQUw2VTBUZ0FY
+            MWZqR2Q3VVFyWk1kL09XS1hNVHlqTkEKRg5M6TZ9OAQGNzVfE7VKlHb7vpYxP/bg
+            Ptv8vSeXOk1Jx2fAe+akxB1GXLaCwx+YgrZc11+A7Xdt70FRLcB/pA==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+        - recipient: age1mhks8qmhjrtc2u5ufvp3pv2hn7tkadvmscnp7wd0ywmnse0szctqsnpy0a
+          enc: |
+            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBUcE1NY05vUVFSZXBNQ0xn
+            aE82WUd6ZHJzN1lZcXFKbWdReEdmTUl0TFdJCnJYSGJxVmFHZHpXbXBJQ0k5N0ZV
+            djVNYk1EVktwckpEdlYyeXROMHZpRWMKLS0tIFhpKzMyeSsxYS9iY3RvKzFJM0FK
+            MTdMRzR6anF4RzVBbnI5cnFPQmRpWmcKCiFOU74esinQsdc55Zwny5/VVNN2r3rq
+            19ZYyCVNuyTeOXxuvUvjPJeW2X+v9H6bvbg1sXMxb761Pm0VGYor+g==
+            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
+    lastmodified: "2024-06-16T15:30:46Z"
+    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:/D317rlcTmlmRA23umgXQzdNi5ZN0BEvyZX9YgmJBRUOMI5wredwqOiH3pqfcy1Aj4EeD9LqNP2BtQy7iRevD4A5/1W5K0rynbBpWknpr6w+VNUdB5b8NVgYBVbDsc/OogaV/33oN9wIe5crnD/UlvG+uv1zNCRr3BXai0yX+Ns=,iv:qf+8SHnt28nNbA1wB6fzkLvzN7JGaRvTlYiCT8Yt9AQ=,tag:N0t1umV+VkOXH2cKilQ75A==,type:str]
+    pgp: []
+    unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
+    version: 3.8.1