diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6175ef..e3091bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -678,9 +678,9 @@ If you uploaded it to `/var/lib/sops` than your sops configuration will look lik
 ```nix
 {
   # Make sure that `/var/lib/sops` is owned by root and is not world-readable/writable
-  sops.gnupgHome = "/var/lib/sops";
+  sops.gnupg.home = "/var/lib/sops";
   # disable import host ssh keys
-  sops.sshKeyPaths = [];
+  sops.gnupg.sshKeyPaths = [];
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/modules/sops/default.nix b/modules/sops/default.nix
index be2f835..650fc92 100644
--- a/modules/sops/default.nix
+++ b/modules/sops/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ let
     # Does this need to be configurable?
     secretsMountPoint = "/run/secrets.d";
     symlinkPath = "/run/secrets";
-    inherit (cfg) gnupgHome sshKeyPaths ageKeyFile;
+    gnupgHome = cfg.gnupg.home;
+    sshKeyPaths = cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths;
+    ageKeyFile = cfg.age.keyFile;
   });
 
   checkedManifest = let
@@ -130,52 +132,61 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
-    ageKeyFile = mkOption {
-      type = types.nullOr types.path;
-      default = null;
-      example = "/var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt";
-      description = ''
-        Path to age key file used for sops decryption.
-      '';
+    age = {
+      keyFile = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.path;
+        default = null;
+        example = "/var/lib/sops-nix/key.txt";
+        description = ''
+          Path to age key file used for sops decryption.
+          Setting this to a non-null value causes age to be used instead of gnupg.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      generateKey = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether or not to generate the age key. If this
+          option is set to false, the key must already be
+          present at the specified location.
+        '';
+      };
     };
 
-    generateAgeKey = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
-      default = false;
-      description = ''
-        Whether or not to generate the age key. If this
-        option is set to false, the key must already be
-        present at the specified location.
-      '';
-    };
+    gnupg = {
+      home = mkOption {
+        type = types.nullOr types.str;
+        default = null;
+        example = "/root/.gnupg";
+        description = ''
+          Path to gnupg database directory containing the key for decrypting the sops file.
+        '';
+      };
 
-    gnupgHome = mkOption {
-      type = types.nullOr types.str;
-      default = null;
-      example = "/root/.gnupg";
-      description = ''
-        Path to gnupg database directory containing the key for decrypting sops file.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    sshKeyPaths = mkOption {
-      type = types.listOf types.path;
-      default = if config.services.openssh.enable then
-                  map (e: e.path) (lib.filter (e: e.type == "rsa") config.services.openssh.hostKeys)
-                else [];
-      description = ''
-        Path to ssh keys added as GPG keys during sops description.
-        This option must be explicitly unset if <literal>config.sops.sshKeyPaths</literal>.
-      '';
+      sshKeyPaths = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.path;
+        default = if config.services.openssh.enable then
+                    map (e: e.path) (lib.filter (e: e.type == "rsa") config.services.openssh.hostKeys)
+                  else [];
+        description = ''
+          Path to ssh keys added as GPG keys during sops description.
+          This option must be explicitly unset if <literal>config.sops.gnupg.sshKeyPaths</literal> is set.
+        '';
+      };
     };
   };
+  imports = [
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "sops" "gnupgHome" ] [ "sops" "gnupg" "home" ])
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "sops" "sshKeyPaths" ] [ "sops" "gnupg" "sshKeyPaths" ])
+  ];
   config = mkIf (cfg.secrets != {}) {
     assertions = [{
-      assertion = cfg.ageKeyFile == null -> (cfg.gnupgHome == null) != (cfg.sshKeyPaths == []);
-      message = "Exactly one of sops.gnupgHome and sops.sshKeyPaths must be set";
+      assertion = cfg.age.keyFile == null -> (cfg.gnupg.home == null) != (cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths == []);
+      message = "Exactly one of sops.gnupg.home and sops.gnupg.sshKeyPaths must be set for gnupg mode";
     } {
-      assertion = (cfg.sshKeyPaths != [] || cfg.gnupgHome != null) != (cfg.ageKeyFile != null);
-      message = "sops.ageKeyFile is mutually exclusive with sops.gnupgHome and sops.sshKeyPaths";
+      assertion = cfg.age.keyFile != null -> (cfg.age.sshKeyPaths != []) != (cfg.age.keyFile != null);
+      message = "sops.age.keyFile is mutually exclusive with sops.age.sshKeyPaths";
     }] ++ optionals cfg.validateSopsFiles (
       concatLists (mapAttrsToList (name: secret: [{
         assertion = builtins.pathExists secret.sopsFile;
@@ -190,17 +201,17 @@ in {
 
     system.activationScripts.setup-secrets = let
       sops-install-secrets = (pkgs.callPackage ../.. {}).sops-install-secrets;
-    in stringAfter ([ "specialfs" "users" "groups" ] ++ optional cfg.generateAgeKey "generate-age-key") ''
+    in stringAfter ([ "specialfs" "users" "groups" ] ++ optional cfg.age.generateKey "generate-age-key") ''
       echo setting up secrets...
-      ${optionalString (cfg.gnupgHome != null) "SOPS_GPG_EXEC=${pkgs.gnupg}/bin/gpg"} ${sops-install-secrets}/bin/sops-install-secrets ${checkedManifest}
+      ${optionalString (cfg.gnupg.home != null) "SOPS_GPG_EXEC=${pkgs.gnupg}/bin/gpg"} ${sops-install-secrets}/bin/sops-install-secrets ${checkedManifest}
     '';
 
-    system.activationScripts.generate-age-key = (mkIf cfg.generateAgeKey) (stringAfter [] ''
-      if [[ ! -f "${cfg.ageKeyFile}" ]]; then;
+    system.activationScripts.generate-age-key = (mkIf cfg.age.generateKey) (stringAfter [] ''
+      if [[ ! -f "${cfg.age.keyFile}" ]]; then;
         echo generating machine-specific age key...
-        mkdir -p $(dirname ${cfg.ageKeyFile})
+        mkdir -p $(dirname ${cfg.age.keyFile})
         # age-keygen sets 0600 by default, no need to chmod.
-        ${pkgs.age}/bin/age-keygen -o ${cfg.ageKeyFile}
+        ${pkgs.age}/bin/age-keygen -o ${cfg.age.keyFile}
       fi
     '');
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/sops-install-secrets/nixos-test.nix b/pkgs/sops-install-secrets/nixos-test.nix
index a12539a..147e9cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/sops-install-secrets/nixos-test.nix
+++ b/pkgs/sops-install-secrets/nixos-test.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   machine = {
     imports = [ ../../modules/sops ];
     sops = {
-      ageKeyFile = ./test-assets/age-keys.txt;
+      age.keyFile = ./test-assets/age-keys.txt;
       defaultSopsFile = ./test-assets/secrets.yaml;
       secrets.test_key = {};
     };
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
        group = "nogroup";
      };
 
-     sops.gnupgHome = "/run/gpghome";
+     sops.gnupg.home = "/run/gpghome";
      sops.defaultSopsFile = ./test-assets/secrets.yaml;
      sops.secrets.test_key.owner = config.users.users.someuser.name;
      sops.secrets.existing-file = {