diff --git a/docs/src/modules.md b/docs/src/modules.md
index 8da82730..dd1e8def 100644
--- a/docs/src/modules.md
+++ b/docs/src/modules.md
@@ -73,6 +73,34 @@ one of the following applies:
 - There is no reliable way to detect whether the target is installed, *and*
   enabling it unconditionally would cause problems.
 
+### Overlays
+
+If your module is provided as an overlay it uses a special format, where config
+is transparently passed to the platform (e.g. nixos) and overlay is a function
+taking two arguments and returning an attrset:
+
+```nix
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  options.stylix.targets.«name».enable =
+    config.lib.stylix.mkEnableOverlay "«human readable name»";
+
+  overlay =
+    final: prev:
+    lib.optionalAttrs
+      (config.stylix.enable && config.stylix.targets.«name».enable)
+      {
+        «name» = prev.«name».overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+
+        });
+      };
+}
+```
+
 ## How to apply colors
 
 Refer to the [style guide](./styling.md) to see how colors are named,
diff --git a/modules/gnome-text-editor/common.nix b/modules/gnome-text-editor/common.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d72ecc7..00000000
--- a/modules/gnome-text-editor/common.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, ... }:
-
-let
-  style = config.lib.stylix.colors {
-    template = ../gedit/template.xml.mustache;
-    extension = "xml";
-  };
-in
-{
-  options.stylix.targets.gnome-text-editor.enable =
-    config.lib.stylix.mkEnableTarget "GNOME Text Editor" true;
-
-  config =
-    lib.mkIf
-      (config.stylix.enable && config.stylix.targets.gnome-text-editor.enable)
-      {
-        nixpkgs.overlays = [
-          (_: prev: {
-            gnome-text-editor = prev.gnome-text-editor.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-              postFixup = ''
-                ${oldAttrs.postFixup or ""}
-                cp ${style} $out/share/gnome-text-editor/styles/stylix.xml
-              '';
-            });
-          })
-        ];
-      };
-}
diff --git a/modules/gnome-text-editor/hm.nix b/modules/gnome-text-editor/hm.nix
index b9fb01d9..ab878e61 100644
--- a/modules/gnome-text-editor/hm.nix
+++ b/modules/gnome-text-editor/hm.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 { config, lib, ... }:
-
 {
-  imports = [ ./common.nix ];
-
   config =
     lib.mkIf
       (config.stylix.enable && config.stylix.targets.gnome-text-editor.enable)
diff --git a/modules/gnome-text-editor/nixos.nix b/modules/gnome-text-editor/nixos.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e953ddc..00000000
--- a/modules/gnome-text-editor/nixos.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  imports = [ ./common.nix ];
-}
diff --git a/modules/gnome-text-editor/overlay.nix b/modules/gnome-text-editor/overlay.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec723ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gnome-text-editor/overlay.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+let
+  style = config.lib.stylix.colors {
+    template = ../gedit/template.xml.mustache;
+    extension = "xml";
+  };
+in
+{
+  options.stylix.targets.gnome-text-editor.enable =
+    config.lib.stylix.mkEnableOverlay "GNOME Text Editor";
+
+  overlay =
+    _: prev:
+    lib.optionalAttrs
+      (config.stylix.enable && config.stylix.targets.gnome-text-editor.enable)
+      {
+        gnome-text-editor = prev.gnome-text-editor.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+          postFixup = ''
+            ${oldAttrs.postFixup or ""}
+            cp ${style} $out/share/gnome-text-editor/styles/stylix.xml
+          '';
+        });
+      };
+}
diff --git a/modules/nixos-icons/nixos.nix b/modules/nixos-icons/nixos.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e45d774c..00000000
--- a/modules/nixos-icons/nixos.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  pkgs,
-  config,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}:
-{
-  options.stylix.targets.nixos-icons.enable =
-    config.lib.stylix.mkEnableTarget "the NixOS logo" true;
-
-  config.nixpkgs.overlays =
-    lib.mkIf (config.stylix.enable && config.stylix.targets.nixos-icons.enable)
-      [
-        (_: super: {
-          nixos-icons = super.nixos-icons.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-            src = pkgs.applyPatches {
-              inherit (oldAttrs) src;
-              prePatch = with config.lib.stylix.colors; ''
-                substituteInPlace logo/nix-snowflake-white.svg --replace-fail '#ffffff' '#${base05}'
-
-                # Insert attribution comment after the XML prolog
-                sed \
-                  --in-place \
-                  '2i<!-- The original NixOS logo from ${oldAttrs.src.url} is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 and has been modified to match the ${scheme} color scheme. -->' \
-                  logo/nix-snowflake-white.svg
-              '';
-            };
-          });
-        })
-      ];
-}
diff --git a/modules/nixos-icons/overlay.nix b/modules/nixos-icons/overlay.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..087641ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nixos-icons/overlay.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  options.stylix.targets.nixos-icons.enable =
+    config.lib.stylix.mkEnableOverlay "the NixOS logo";
+
+  overlay =
+    _: super:
+    lib.optionalAttrs
+      (config.stylix.enable && config.stylix.targets.nixos-icons.enable)
+      {
+        nixos-icons = super.nixos-icons.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
+          src = pkgs.applyPatches {
+            inherit (oldAttrs) src;
+            prePatch = with config.lib.stylix.colors; ''
+              substituteInPlace logo/nix-snowflake-white.svg --replace-fail '#ffffff' '#${base05}'
+
+              # Insert attribution comment after the XML prolog
+              sed \
+                --in-place \
+                '2i<!-- The original NixOS logo from ${oldAttrs.src.url} is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 and has been modified to match the ${scheme} color scheme. -->' \
+                logo/nix-snowflake-white.svg
+            '';
+          };
+        });
+      };
+}
diff --git a/stylix/darwin/default.nix b/stylix/darwin/default.nix
index 58063455..7de7db7c 100644
--- a/stylix/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/stylix/darwin/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 inputs:
-{ lib, config, ... }:
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
 
 # Imported modules which define new options must use an absolute path based
 # on ${inputs.self}, otherwise those options will not appear in the generated
@@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ in
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/pixel.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/target.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/release.nix"
+    (import "${inputs.self}/stylix/overlays.nix" inputs)
   ] ++ autoload;
   config.warnings =
     lib.mkIf
diff --git a/stylix/droid/default.nix b/stylix/droid/default.nix
index cc6e0757..b1afb2bc 100644
--- a/stylix/droid/default.nix
+++ b/stylix/droid/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ in
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/palette.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/pixel.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/target.nix"
+    (import "${inputs.self}/stylix/overlays.nix" inputs)
   ] ++ autoload;
 
   # See https://github.com/nix-community/nix-on-droid/issues/436
diff --git a/stylix/hm/default.nix b/stylix/hm/default.nix
index 0df2301b..69f5686f 100644
--- a/stylix/hm/default.nix
+++ b/stylix/hm/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 inputs:
-{ lib, config, ... }:
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
 
 # Imported modules which define new options must use an absolute path based
 # on ${inputs.self}, otherwise those options will not appear in the generated
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ in
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/pixel.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/target.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/release.nix"
+    (import "${inputs.self}/stylix/overlays.nix" inputs)
   ] ++ autoload;
   config.warnings =
     lib.mkIf
diff --git a/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix b/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix
index 6f2019a5..c4efa4f3 100644
--- a/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix
+++ b/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix
@@ -208,11 +208,18 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  config = lib.optionalAttrs (options ? home-manager) (
-    lib.mkIf config.stylix.homeManagerIntegration.autoImport {
+  config = lib.optionalAttrs (options ? home-manager) lib.mkMerge [
+    (lib.mkIf config.stylix.homeManagerIntegration.autoImport {
       home-manager.sharedModules =
-        [ config.stylix.homeManagerIntegration.module ]
+        [
+          config.stylix.homeManagerIntegration.module
+        ]
         ++ (lib.optionals config.stylix.homeManagerIntegration.followSystem copyModules);
-    }
-  );
+    })
+    (lib.mkIf config.home-manager.useGlobalPkgs {
+      home-manager.sharedModules = lib.singleton {
+        config.stylix.overlays.enable = false;
+      };
+    })
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/stylix/nixos/default.nix b/stylix/nixos/default.nix
index 32180f3f..7f5f3e79 100644
--- a/stylix/nixos/default.nix
+++ b/stylix/nixos/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 inputs:
-{ lib, config, ... }:
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
 
 # Imported modules which define new options must use an absolute path based
 # on ${inputs.self}, otherwise those options will not appear in the generated
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ in
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/pixel.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/target.nix"
     "${inputs.self}/stylix/release.nix"
+    (import "${inputs.self}/stylix/overlays.nix" inputs)
   ] ++ autoload;
   config.warnings =
     lib.mkIf
diff --git a/stylix/overlays.nix b/stylix/overlays.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af7b8da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stylix/overlays.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+inputs:
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  options.stylix.overlays.enable = config.lib.stylix.mkEnableTarget "packages via overlays" true;
+
+  imports = map (
+    f:
+    let
+      file = import f;
+      attrs =
+        if builtins.typeOf file == "lambda" then
+          file { inherit lib pkgs config; }
+        else
+          file;
+    in
+    {
+      options = attrs.options or { };
+      config.nixpkgs.overlays = [ attrs.overlay ];
+    }
+  ) (import ./autoload.nix { inherit lib inputs; } "overlay");
+}
diff --git a/stylix/target.nix b/stylix/target.nix
index 12b8494b..fa12bb02 100644
--- a/stylix/target.nix
+++ b/stylix/target.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     let
       cfg = config.stylix;
     in
-    {
+    rec {
       mkEnableTarget =
         humanName: autoEnable:
         lib.mkEnableOption "theming for ${humanName}"
@@ -57,5 +57,7 @@
         // lib.optionalAttrs autoEnable {
           defaultText = lib.literalMD "`stylix.image != null`";
         };
+      mkEnableOverlay =
+        humanName: mkEnableTarget humanName config.stylix.overlays.enable;
     };
 }