Foest manager Paul Hart told the club's official website, www.nottinghamforest.co.uk: "We want to get promotion and having a player of Darren's quality on board will help us try and achieve that aim.
"He had the chance to join a couple of other clubs but he's a Nottingham lad and desperately wants to play for Forest."
Huckerby will begin training with his new Forest team-mates on Monday