diff --git a/modules/external-storage/default.nix b/modules/external-storage/default.nix
index 4a9d0eb..50ad622 100644
--- a/modules/external-storage/default.nix
+++ b/modules/external-storage/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ let
   cfgAge = config.age;
 
   create = lib.flip lib.mapAttrs';
+
+  createFiltered = pred: attrs: f: create (lib.filterAttrs pred attrs) f;
 in
 
 {
@@ -20,12 +22,17 @@ in
       fileSystems = lib.mkOption {
         description = "S3QL-based filesystems on top of CIFS mountpoints.";
         default = {};
-        type = with lib.types; lazyAttrsOf (submodule ({ config, name, ... }: {
+        type = with lib.types; lazyAttrsOf (submodule ({ config, name, ... }: let
+          authFile = if config.locksmithSecret != null then
+            "/run/locksmith/${config.locksmithSecret}"
+          else
+            cfgAge.secrets."storageAuth-${name}".path;
+        in {
           imports = [ ./filesystem-type.nix ];
           backend = lib.mkIf (config.underlay != null) "local://${cfg.underlays.${config.underlay}.mountpoint}";
           commonArgs = [
             "--cachedir" config.cacheDir
-            "--authfile" cfgAge.secrets."storageAuth-${name}".path
+            "--authfile" authFile
           ] ++ (lib.optionals (config.backendOptions != []) [ "--backend-options" (lib.concatStringsSep "," config.backendOptions) ]);
         }));
       };
@@ -57,9 +64,14 @@ in
 
     age.secrets = lib.mkMerge [
       (create cfg.underlays (name: ul: lib.nameValuePair "cifsCredentials-${name}" { file = ul.credentialsFile; }))
-      (create cfg.fileSystems (name: fs: lib.nameValuePair "storageAuth-${name}" { file = fs.authFile; }))
+      (createFiltered (_: fs: fs.locksmithSecret == null) cfg.fileSystems (name: fs: lib.nameValuePair "storageAuth-${name}" { file = fs.authFile; }))
     ];
 
+    services.locksmith.waitForSecrets = createFiltered (_: fs: fs.locksmithSecret != null) cfg.fileSystems (name: fs: {
+      name = fs.unitName;
+      value = [ fs.locksmithSecret ];
+    });
+
     fileSystems = create cfg.underlays (name: ul: {
       name = ul.mountpoint;
       value = {
diff --git a/modules/external-storage/filesystem-type.nix b/modules/external-storage/filesystem-type.nix
index 8cece5d..6f37094 100644
--- a/modules/external-storage/filesystem-type.nix
+++ b/modules/external-storage/filesystem-type.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ with lib;
     authFile = mkOption {
       type = types.path;
     };
+    locksmithSecret = mkOption {
+      type = with types; nullOr str;
+      default = null;
+    };
     cacheDir = mkOption {
       type = types.path;
       default = "/var/cache/remote-storage/${name}";