diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index 921fe3c5cb79..5b571ca00fae 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ The module update takes care of the new config syntax and the data itself (user
 
 - Certificate generation via the `security.acme` now limits the concurrent number of running certificate renewals and generation jobs, to avoid spiking resource usage when processing many certificates at once. The limit defaults to *5* and can be adjusted via `maxConcurrentRenewals`. Setting it to *0* disables the limits altogether.
 
+- New `boot.bcache.enable` (default enabled) allows completely removing `bcache` mount support.
+
 ## Nixpkgs internals {#sec-release-23.11-nixpkgs-internals}
 
 - The use of `sourceRoot = "source";`, `sourceRoot = "source/subdir";`, and similar lines in package derivations using the default `unpackPhase` is deprecated as it requires `unpackPhase` to always produce a directory named "source". Use `sourceRoot = src.name`, `sourceRoot = "${src.name}/subdir";`, or `setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=$(echo */subdir)";` or similar instead.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/bcache.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/bcache.nix
index 35b922dc8a1d..68531a4d2fed 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/bcache.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/bcache.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-{
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let
+  cfg = config.boot.bcache;
+in {
+  options.boot.bcache.enable = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "bcache mount support") // {
+    default = true;
+    example = false;
+  };
   options.boot.initrd.services.bcache.enable = lib.mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "bcache support in the initrd") // {
     description = lib.mdDoc ''
       *This will only be used when systemd is used in stage 1.*
@@ -9,7 +13,7 @@
     '';
   };
 
-  config = {
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.bcache-tools ];