diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/modprobe.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/modprobe.nix
index f0ced41fec4c..0b7d253c07c7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/modprobe.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/modprobe.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ with lib;
       default = true;
     };
 
+    boot.modprobeConfig.useUbuntuModuleBlacklist = mkEnableOption "Ubuntu distro's module blacklist" // {
+      default = true;
+    };
+
     boot.blacklistedKernelModules = mkOption {
       type = types.listOf types.str;
       default = [];
@@ -43,7 +47,9 @@ with lib;
 
   config = mkIf config.boot.modprobeConfig.enable {
 
-    environment.etc."modprobe.d/ubuntu.conf".source = "${pkgs.kmod-blacklist-ubuntu}/modprobe.conf";
+    environment.etc."modprobe.d/ubuntu.conf" = mkIf config.boot.modprobeConfig.useUbuntuModuleBlacklist {
+      source = "${pkgs.kmod-blacklist-ubuntu}/modprobe.conf";
+    };
 
     environment.etc."modprobe.d/nixos.conf".text =
       ''