diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da8b4de..3c15c7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ with developers.
 - `nix_path`: set `NIX_PATH` environment variable (if set `skip_adding_nixpkgs_channel` will be implicitly enabled)
 
 - `skip_adding_nixpkgs_channel`: set to `true` to skip adding nixpkgs-unstable channel (and save ~5s for each job build)
+- `extra_nix_config`: gets appended to `/etc/nix/nix.conf` if passed.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index aac769c..c5124a7 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Set NIX_PATH environment variable. If set "skip_adding_nixpkgs_channel" will be implicitly enabled'
   skip_adding_nixpkgs_channel:
     description: 'Skip adding nixpkgs-unstable channel'
+  extra_nix_config:
+    description: 'gets appended to `/etc/nix/nix.conf` if passed.'
 branding:
   color: 'blue'
   icon: 'sun'
diff --git a/lib/install-nix.sh b/lib/install-nix.sh
index 01f65df..1cc2175 100755
--- a/lib/install-nix.sh
+++ b/lib/install-nix.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,25 @@ set -euo pipefail
 sudo sh -c 'echo max-jobs = auto >> /tmp/nix.conf'
 # Allow binary caches for runner user
 sudo sh -c 'echo trusted-users = root runner >> /tmp/nix.conf'
+if [[ -n $INPUT_EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG ]]; then
+  echo "$INPUT_EXTRA_NIX_CONFIG" >> /tmp/nix.conf
+fi
 
-if [[ $INPUT_SKIP_ADDING_NIXPKGS_CHANNEL = "true" || $INPUT_NIX_PATH != "" ]]; then
-  extra_cmd=--no-channel-add
+install_options=(
+  --daemon
+  --daemon-user-count 4
+  --nix-extra-conf-file /tmp/nix.conf
+  --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume
+)
+
+if [[ $INPUT_SKIP_ADDING_NIXPKGS_CHANNEL = "true" || -n $INPUT_NIX_PATH ]]; then
+  install_options+=(--no-channel-add)
 else
-  extra_cmd=
   INPUT_NIX_PATH="/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels"
 fi
 
-sh <(curl --retry 5 --retry-connrefused -L ${INPUT_INSTALL_URL:-https://nixos.org/nix/install}) \
-  --daemon --daemon-user-count 4 --nix-extra-conf-file /tmp/nix.conf --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume $extra_cmd
+sh <(curl --retry 5 --retry-connrefused -L "${INPUT_INSTALL_URL:-https://nixos.org/nix/install}") \
+  "${install_options[@]}"
 
 if [[ $OSTYPE =~ darwin ]]; then
   # Disable spotlight indexing of /nix to speed up performance