diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
index 3add6556d0df..5bfe2b6a22ad 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ in {
       };
 
       musicDirectory = mkOption {
-        type = types.path;
+        type = with types; either path (strMatching "(http|https|nfs|smb)://.+");
         default = "${cfg.dataDir}/music";
         defaultText = ''''${dataDir}/music'';
         description = ''
-          The directory where mpd reads music from.
+          The directory or NFS/SMB network share where mpd reads music from.
         '';
       };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix
index f8523e8607d3..6ca338471119 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mpd/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 , clientSupport ? true, mpd_clientlib
 , opusSupport ? true, libopus
 , soundcloudSupport ? true, yajl
+, nfsSupport ? true, libnfs
+, smbSupport ? true, smbclient
 }:
 
 assert avahiSupport -> avahi != null && dbus != null;
@@ -81,7 +83,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ opt icuSupport icu
     ++ opt clientSupport mpd_clientlib
     ++ opt opusSupport libopus
-    ++ opt soundcloudSupport yajl;
+    ++ opt soundcloudSupport yajl
+    ++ opt (!stdenv.isDarwin && nfsSupport) libnfs
+    ++ opt (!stdenv.isDarwin && smbSupport) smbclient;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
 
@@ -116,6 +120,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       (mkFlag clientSupport "libmpdclient")
       (mkFlag opusSupport "opus")
       (mkFlag soundcloudSupport "soundcloud")
+      (mkFlag (!stdenv.isDarwin && nfsSupport) "libnfs")
+      (mkFlag (!stdenv.isDarwin && smbSupport) "smbclient")
       "--enable-debug"
       "--with-zeroconf=avahi"
     ]