diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
index 45d34f5b76f5..314cc3f61ecc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let
       ${optionalString (cfg.nodeName != null) ''nodeName=${cfg.nodeName}''}
       ${optionalString (cfg.partitionName != null) ''partitionName=${cfg.partitionName}''}
       PlugStackConfig=${plugStackConfig}
+      ProctrackType=${cfg.procTrackType}
       ${cfg.extraConfig}
     '';
 
@@ -103,6 +104,16 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      procTrackType = mkOption {
+        type = types.string;
+        default = "proctrack/linuxproc";
+        description = ''
+          Plugin to be used for process tracking on a job step basis.
+          The slurmd daemon uses this mechanism to identify all processes
+          which are children of processes it spawns for a user job step.
+        '';
+      };
+
       extraConfig = mkOption {
         default = "";
         type = types.lines;