diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/33604-add-service-to-getent-module.yml b/changelogs/fragments/33604-add-service-to-getent-module.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae317e3abc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/33604-add-service-to-getent-module.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+    - getent - add service parameter to getent to lookup specified service
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/getent.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/getent.py
index 97299d44b77..ae4a901a8bb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/getent.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/getent.py
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ options:
             - Key from which to return values from the specified database, otherwise the
               full contents are returned.
         default: ''
+    service:
+        description:
+            - Override all databases with the specified service
+            - The underlying system must support the service flag which is not always available.
+        version_added: "2.9"
     split:
         description:
             - "Character used to split the database values into lists/arrays such as ':' or '\t', otherwise  it will try to pick one depending on the database."
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ def main():
         argument_spec=dict(
             database=dict(type='str', required=True),
             key=dict(type='str'),
+            service=dict(type='str'),
             split=dict(type='str'),
             fail_key=dict(type='bool', default=True),
         ),
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@ def main():
     database = module.params['database']
     key = module.params.get('key')
     split = module.params.get('split')
+    service = module.params.get('service')
     fail_key = module.params.get('fail_key')
 
     getent_bin = module.get_bin_path('getent', True)
@@ -114,6 +121,9 @@ def main():
     else:
         cmd = [getent_bin, database]
 
+    if service is not None:
+        cmd.extend(['-s', service])
+
     if split is None and database in colon:
         split = ':'
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/getent/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/getent/tasks/main.yml
index a7ec33fabb5..825ad5ea31a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/getent/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/getent/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,19 @@
 ## getent
 ##
 - block:
-    - name: run the first example
+    - name: run getent with specified service
       getent:
           database: passwd
           key: root
+          service: files
       register: getent_test0
+      when: ansible_system != 'FreeBSD'
+    - name: run getent w/o specified service (FreeBSD)
+      getent:
+          database: passwd
+          key: root
+      register: getent_test0
+      when: ansible_system == 'FreeBSD'
     - debug: var=getent_test0
     - name: validate results
       assert: