diff --git a/lib/attrsets.nix b/lib/attrsets.nix
index 8482887023f76..2396f20375ba9 100644
--- a/lib/attrsets.nix
+++ b/lib/attrsets.nix
@@ -492,11 +492,11 @@ rec {
                 + "update an attribute inside of it."
               );
 
-          # We get the final result by applying all the updates on this level
-          # after having applied all the nested updates
-          # We use foldl instead of foldl' so that in case of multiple updates,
-          # intermediate values aren't evaluated if not needed
         in
+        # We get the final result by applying all the updates on this level
+        # after having applied all the nested updates
+        # We use foldl instead of foldl' so that in case of multiple updates,
+        # intermediate values aren't evaluated if not needed
         foldl (acc: el: el.update acc) withNestedMods split.right;
 
     in
@@ -871,6 +871,62 @@ rec {
     else
       [ ];
 
+  /**
+    Recursively collect sets that verify a given predicate named `pred`
+    from the set `attrs`. The recursion is stopped when the predicate is
+    verified. This version of `collect` also collects the attribute paths
+    of the items.
+
+    # Inputs
+
+    `pred`
+
+    : Given an attribute's value, determine if recursion should stop.
+
+    `attrs`
+
+    : The attribute set to recursively collect.
+
+    # Type
+
+    ```
+    collect' :: (AttrSet -> Bool) -> AttrSet -> [{ path :: [ String ], value :: x }]
+    ```
+
+    # Examples
+    :::{.example}
+    ## `lib.attrsets.collect'` usage example
+
+    ```nix
+    collect' isList { a = { b = ["b"]; }; c = [1]; }
+    => [
+      { path = [ "a" "b" ]; value = [ "b" ];
+      { path = [ "c" ]; value = [ 1 ]; }
+    ]
+
+    collect (x: x ? outPath)
+       { a = { outPath = "a/"; }; b = { outPath = "b/"; }; }
+    => [
+      { path = [ "a" ]; value = { outPath = "a/"; }; }
+      { path = [ "b" ]; value = { outPath = "b/"; }; }
+    ]
+    ```
+
+    :::
+  */
+  collect' =
+    let
+      collect'' =
+        path: pred: value:
+        if pred value then
+          [ { inherit path value; } ]
+        else if isAttrs value then
+          concatMap ({ name, value }: collect'' (path ++ [ name ]) pred value) (attrsToList value)
+        else
+          [ ];
+    in
+    collect'' [ ];
+
   /**
     Return the cartesian product of attribute set value combinations.
 
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index e671fcf9546d9..f13b74959029f 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ let
         foldlAttrs
         foldAttrs
         collect
+        collect'
         nameValuePair
         mapAttrs
         mapAttrs'
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix
index f5f1fb5e7c2d5..7ff37cbe3fcd1 100644
--- a/lib/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ let
     callPackageWith
     cartesianProduct
     cli
+    collect
+    collect'
     composeExtensions
     composeManyExtensions
     concatLines
@@ -297,6 +299,83 @@ runTests {
     ];
   };
 
+  testCollect = {
+    expr = [
+      (collect (x: x ? special) {
+        a.b.c.special = true;
+        x.y.z.special = false;
+      })
+      (collect (x: x == 1) {
+        a = 1;
+        b = 2;
+        c = 3;
+        d.inner = 1;
+      })
+    ];
+    expected = [
+      [
+        { special = true; }
+        { special = false; }
+      ]
+      [
+        1
+        1
+      ]
+    ];
+  };
+
+  testCollect' = {
+    expr = [
+      (collect' (x: x ? special) {
+        a.b.c.special = true;
+        x.y.z.special = false;
+      })
+      (collect' (x: x == 1) {
+        a = 1;
+        b = 2;
+        c = 3;
+        d.inner = 1;
+      })
+    ];
+    expected = [
+      [
+        {
+          path = [
+            "a"
+            "b"
+            "c"
+          ];
+          value = {
+            special = true;
+          };
+        }
+        {
+          path = [
+            "x"
+            "y"
+            "z"
+          ];
+          value = {
+            special = false;
+          };
+        }
+      ]
+      [
+        {
+          path = [ "a" ];
+          value = 1;
+        }
+        {
+          path = [
+            "d"
+            "inner"
+          ];
+          value = 1;
+        }
+      ]
+    ];
+  };
+
   testComposeExtensions = {
     expr =
       let