diff --git a/modules/misc/news.nix b/modules/misc/news.nix
index 524bded3f5af..6a4947394f3e 100644
--- a/modules/misc/news.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/news.nix
@@ -1281,6 +1281,13 @@ in
           A new module is available: 'services.darkman'.
         '';
       }
+
+      {
+        time = "2023-10-24T06:14:53+00:00";
+        message = ''
+          A new module is available: 'programs.cava'.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index c982248621c1..2e9d237b732c 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ let
     ./programs/browserpass.nix
     ./programs/btop.nix
     ./programs/carapace.nix
+    ./programs/cava.nix
     ./programs/chromium.nix
     ./programs/command-not-found/command-not-found.nix
     ./programs/comodoro.nix
diff --git a/modules/programs/cava.nix b/modules/programs/cava.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63173248f1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/programs/cava.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.programs.cava;
+
+  iniFmt = pkgs.formats.ini { };
+
+in {
+  meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.bddvlpr ];
+
+  options.programs.cava = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "Cava audio visualizer";
+
+    package = mkPackageOption pkgs "cava" { };
+
+    settings = mkOption {
+      type = iniFmt.type;
+      default = { };
+      example = literalExpression ''
+        {
+          general.framerate = 60;
+          input.method = "alsa";
+          smoothing.noise_reduction = 88;
+          color = {
+            background = "'#000000'";
+            foreground = "'#FFFFFF'";
+          };
+        }
+      '';
+      description = ''
+        Settings to be written to the Cava configuration file. See
+        <https://github.com/karlstav/cava/blob/master/example_files/config> for
+        all available options.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+    xdg.configFile."cava/config" = mkIf (cfg.settings != { }) {
+      text = ''
+        ; Generated by Home Manager
+
+        ${generators.toINI { } cfg.settings}
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/default.nix b/tests/default.nix
index 50c404787b28..704ce793b0f5 100644
--- a/tests/default.nix
+++ b/tests/default.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import nmt {
     ./modules/programs/browserpass
     ./modules/programs/btop
     ./modules/programs/carapace
+    ./modules/programs/cava
     ./modules/programs/comodoro
     ./modules/programs/darcs
     ./modules/programs/dircolors
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/cava/cava-basic-configuration-expected.ini b/tests/modules/programs/cava/cava-basic-configuration-expected.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..124f7ab36fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/cava/cava-basic-configuration-expected.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; Generated by Home Manager
+
+[color]
+background='#000000'
+foreground='#ffffff'
+
+[general]
+framerate=30
+
+[input]
+source=alsa
+
+[smoothing]
+noise_reduction=65
+
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/cava/cava-basic-configuration.nix b/tests/modules/programs/cava/cava-basic-configuration.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98936d839368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/cava/cava-basic-configuration.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.cava = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    package = config.lib.test.mkStubPackage { };
+
+    settings = {
+      general.framerate = 30;
+      input.source = "alsa";
+      smoothing.noise_reduction = 65;
+      color = {
+        background = "'#000000'";
+        foreground = "'#ffffff'";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    configFile=home-files/.config/cava/config
+    assertFileExists $configFile
+    assertFileContent $configFile ${./cava-basic-configuration-expected.ini}
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/cava/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/cava/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90f5c2e78db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/cava/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ cava-basic-configuration = ./cava-basic-configuration.nix; }