diff --git a/hosts/ess-helm/default.nix b/hosts/ess-helm/default.nix
index 5fbf9d6..d9cc6ef 100644
--- a/hosts/ess-helm/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/ess-helm/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ./boot.nix
+    ./ess.nix
     ./hardware.nix
     ./networking.nix
     ./packages.nix
diff --git a/hosts/ess-helm/services/ess.nix b/hosts/ess-helm/services/ess.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daa37ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/ess-helm/services/ess.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  services.k3s = {
+    enable = true;
+    role = "server";
+    extraFlags = toString [
+      "--disable traefik"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    kubectl
+    kubernetes-helm
+  ];
+
+  # TODO
+  # system.activationScripts.install-ess = {
+  #   text = ''
+  #     ${pkgs.kubernetes-helm}/bin/helm upgrade --install ess element-hq/element-server-suite -f /path/to/values.yaml -n ess --create-namespace
+  #   '';
+  #   deps = [ ];
+  # };
+}