diff --git a/modules/programs/wofi.nix b/modules/programs/wofi.nix
index 53cfb1d35..699445ec6 100644
--- a/modules/programs/wofi.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/wofi.nix
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ in
 
     style = mkOption {
       default = null;
-      type = types.nullOr types.lines;
-      description = ''
-        CSS style for wofi to use as a stylesheet. See
-        {manpage}`wofi(7)`.
-      '';
+      type = with types; nullOr (either lines path);
       example = ''
         * {
             font-family: monospace;
@@ -56,6 +52,10 @@ in
             background-color: #7c818c;
         }
       '';
+      description = ''
+        CSS style for wofi to use as a stylesheet. See
+        {manpage}`wofi(7)`
+      '';
     };
   };
 
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ in
       (mkIf (cfg.settings != { }) {
         "wofi/config".text = toConfig cfg.settings;
       })
-      (mkIf (cfg.style != null) { "wofi/style.css".text = cfg.style; })
+      (
+        let
+          styleFile = if lib.isString cfg.style then pkgs.writeText "wofi-style" cfg.style else cfg.style;
+        in
+        mkIf (cfg.style != null) { "wofi/style.css".source = styleFile; }
+      )
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/wofi/default.nix b/tests/modules/programs/wofi/default.nix
index f06667b0f..c37a62b5f 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/wofi/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/wofi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   wofi-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix;
   wofi-empty-configuration = ./empty-configuration.nix;
+  wofi-style-local-file = ./style-local-file.nix;
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/wofi/style-local-file.nix b/tests/modules/programs/wofi/style-local-file.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6b462cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/wofi/style-local-file.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  programs.wofi = {
+    enable = true;
+    style = ./basic-style.css;
+  };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertFileExists home-files/.config/wofi/style.css
+    assertFileContent home-files/.config/wofi/style.css \
+    ${./basic-style.css}
+  '';
+}