diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index dff961f3f55b6..1f47785ccebcf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
   ./programs/ecryptfs.nix
   ./programs/environment.nix
   ./programs/envision.nix
+  ./programs/espanso-capdacoverride
   ./programs/evince.nix
   ./programs/extra-container.nix
   ./programs/fcast-receiver.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/default.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..866c47ed131f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+
+with lib;
+{
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pitkling ];
+  };
+
+  options = {
+    programs.espanso.capdacoverride = {
+      enable = (mkEnableOption "espanso-wayland overlay with DAC_OVERRIDE capability") // {
+        default = false;
+        extraDescription = ''
+          Creates an espanso binary with the DAC_OVERRIDE capability (via `security.wrappers`) and overlays `pkgs.espanso-wayland` such that self-forks call the capability-enabled binary.
+          Required for `pkgs.espanso-wayland` to work correctly if not run with root privileges.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package // {
+          check = package: types.package.check package && (builtins.elem "wayland" package.buildFeatures);
+          description =
+            types.package.description
+            + " for espanso with wayland support (`package.builtFeatures` must contain `\"wayland\"`)";
+        };
+        default = pkgs._espanso-wayland-orig;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.espanso-wayland (before applying the overlay)";
+        description = "The espanso-wayland package used as the base to generate the capability-enabled package.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config =
+    let
+      cfg = config.programs.espanso.capdacoverride;
+    in
+    mkIf cfg.enable {
+      nixpkgs.overlays = [
+        (final: prev: {
+          _espanso-wayland-orig = prev.espanso-wayland;
+          espanso-wayland = pkgs.callPackage ./espanso-capdacoverride.nix {
+            capDacOverrideWrapperDir = "${config.security.wrapperDir}";
+            espanso = cfg.package;
+          };
+        })
+      ];
+
+      security.wrappers."${pkgs.espanso-wayland.meta.mainProgram}" = {
+        source = "${getExe pkgs.espanso-wayland}";
+        capabilities = "cap_dac_override+p";
+        owner = "root";
+        group = "root";
+      };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/espanso-capdacoverride.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/espanso-capdacoverride.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48822ac9f2e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/espanso-capdacoverride.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  autoPatchelfHook,
+  capDacOverrideWrapperDir,
+  espanso,
+  patchelfUnstable, # have to use patchelfUnstable to support --rename-dynamic-symbols
+  stdenv,
+}:
+let
+  inherit (espanso) version;
+  pname = "${espanso.pname}-capdacoverride";
+
+  wrapperLibName = "wrapper-lib.so";
+  wrapperLibSource = "wrapper-lib.c";
+
+  # On Wayland, Espanso requires the DAC_OVERRIDE capability. One can create a wrapper binary with this
+  # capability using the `config.security.wrappers.<name>` framework. However, this is not enough: the
+  # capability is required by a worker process of Espanso created by forking `/proc/self/exe`, which points
+  # to the executable **without** the DAC_OVERRIDE capability. Thus, we inject a wrapper library into Espanso
+  # that redirects requests to `/proc/self/exe` to the binary with the proper capabilities.
+  wrapperLib = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "${pname}-${version}-wrapper-lib";
+
+    src = builtins.path {
+      name = "${pname}-${version}-wrapper-lib-source";
+      path = ./.;
+      filter = path: type: baseNameOf path == wrapperLibSource;
+    };
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      substitute ${wrapperLibSource} lib.c --subst-var-by to "${capDacOverrideWrapperDir}/espanso"
+      cc -fPIC -shared lib.c -o ${wrapperLibName}
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+      install -D -t $out/lib ${wrapperLibName}
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+  };
+in
+espanso.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
+  inherit pname;
+
+  buildInputs = previousAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ wrapperLib ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
+    autoPatchelfHook
+    patchelfUnstable
+  ];
+
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      echo readlink readlink_wrapper > readlink_name_map
+      patchelf \
+        --rename-dynamic-symbols readlink_name_map \
+        --add-needed ${wrapperLibName} \
+        "$out/bin/espanso"
+    ''
+    + previousAttrs.postInstall;
+})
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/wrapper-lib.c b/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/wrapper-lib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fe3d2ccf31267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/espanso-capdacoverride/wrapper-lib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static const char from[] =  "/proc/self/exe";
+static const char to[]   = "@to@";
+
+ssize_t readlink_wrapper(const char *restrict path, char *restrict buf, size_t bufsize) {
+    if (strcmp(path, from) == 0) {
+        printf("readlink_wrapper.c: Resolving readlink call to '%s' to '%s'\n", from, to);
+        size_t to_length = strlen(to);
+        if (to_length > bufsize) {
+            to_length = bufsize;
+        }
+        memcpy(buf, to, to_length);
+        return to_length;
+    } else {
+        return readlink(path, buf, bufsize);
+    }
+}