diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
index 63027f7744dc..d48b5444677c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
@@ -202,12 +202,26 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
-      extraRules = mkOption {
+      initrdRules = mkOption {
         default = "";
         example = ''
           SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1D:60:B9:6D:4F", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="my_fast_network_card"
         '';
         type = types.lines;
+        description = ''
+          <command>udev</command> rules to include in the initrd
+          <emphasis>only</emphasis>. They'll be written into file
+          <filename>99-local.rules</filename>. Thus they are read and applied
+          after the essential initrd rules.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      extraRules = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        example = ''
+          ENV{ID_VENDOR_ID}=="046d", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="0825", ENV{PULSE_IGNORE}="1"
+        '';
+        type = types.lines;
         description = ''
           Additional <command>udev</command> rules. They'll be written
           into file <filename>99-local.rules</filename>. Thus they are
@@ -284,6 +298,13 @@ in
 
     boot.kernelParams = mkIf (!config.networking.usePredictableInterfaceNames) [ "net.ifnames=0" ];
 
+    boot.initrd.extraUdevRulesCommands = optionalString (cfg.initrdRules != "")
+      ''
+        cat <<'EOF' > $out/99-local.rules
+        ${cfg.initrdRules}
+        EOF
+      '';
+
     environment.etc =
       {
         "udev/rules.d".source = udevRules;