diff --git a/modules/programs/lsd.nix b/modules/programs/lsd.nix
index 4d875c7f9..741b254c7 100644
--- a/modules/programs/lsd.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/lsd.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ in
     };
 
     colors = lib.mkOption {
-      type = yamlFormat.type;
+      type = lib.types.either yamlFormat.type lib.types.path;
       default = { };
       example = {
         size = {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in
     };
 
     icons = lib.mkOption {
-      type = yamlFormat.type;
+      type = lib.types.either yamlFormat.type lib.types.path;
       default = { };
       example = {
         name = {
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ in
 
     xdg.configFile = {
       "lsd/colors.yaml" = lib.mkIf (cfg.colors != { }) {
-        source = yamlFormat.generate "lsd-colors" cfg.colors;
+        source =
+          if lib.types.path.check cfg.colors then cfg.colors else yamlFormat.generate "lsd-colors" cfg.colors;
       };
 
       "lsd/config.yaml" = lib.mkIf (cfg.settings != { }) {
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ in
       };
 
       "lsd/icons.yaml" = lib.mkIf (cfg.icons != { }) {
-        source = yamlFormat.generate "lsd-icons" cfg.icons;
+        source =
+          if lib.types.path.check cfg.icons then cfg.icons else yamlFormat.generate "lsd-icons" cfg.icons;
       };
     };
   };
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/lsd/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/lsd/default.nix
index 6a1454c9a..c89c9ad14 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/lsd/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/lsd/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-{ lsd-example-settings = ./example-settings.nix; }
+{
+  lsd-example-settings = ./example-settings.nix;
+  lsd-example-settings-using-paths = ./example-settings-using-paths.nix;
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/lsd/example-settings-using-paths.nix b/tests/modules/programs/lsd/example-settings-using-paths.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0ca68df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/lsd/example-settings-using-paths.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  programs.lsd = {
+    enable = true;
+    settings = {
+      date = "relative";
+      blocks = [
+        "date"
+        "size"
+        "name"
+      ];
+      layout = "oneline";
+      sorting.dir-grouping = "first";
+      ignore-globs = [
+        ".git"
+        ".hg"
+        ".bsp"
+      ];
+    };
+    colors = ./example-colors-expected.yaml;
+    icons = ./example-icons-expected.yaml;
+  };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertFileExists home-files/.config/lsd/config.yaml
+    assertFileExists home-files/.config/lsd/colors.yaml
+    assertFileExists home-files/.config/lsd/icons.yaml
+    assertFileContent \
+      home-files/.config/lsd/config.yaml \
+      ${./example-settings-expected.yaml}
+    assertFileContent \
+      home-files/.config/lsd/colors.yaml \
+      ${./example-colors-expected.yaml}
+    assertFileContent \
+      home-files/.config/lsd/icons.yaml \
+      ${./example-icons-expected.yaml}
+  '';
+}