diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
index 914be23576e0..61daeac86a64 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-23.05-new-services">
     <title>New Services</title>
-    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh">blesh</link>,
+          a line editor written in pure bash. Available as
+          <link linkend="opt-programs.bash.blesh.enable">programs.bash.blesh</link>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <link xlink:href="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf">fzf</link>,
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index 3640cf8e963e..f9c76b02f891 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
 
+- [blesh](https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh), a line editor written in pure bash. Available as [programs.bash.blesh](#opt-programs.bash.blesh.enable).
+
 - [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf), a command line fuzzyfinder. Available as [programs.fzf](#opt-programs.fzf.fuzzyCompletion).
 
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-23.05-incompatibilities}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index dd85890a5568..24dd30e15750 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
   ./programs/bandwhich.nix
   ./programs/bash/bash.nix
   ./programs/bash/bash-completion.nix
+  ./programs/bash/blesh.nix
   ./programs/bash/ls-colors.nix
   ./programs/bash/undistract-me.nix
   ./programs/bash-my-aws.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/bash/blesh.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/bash/blesh.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a9aa6242425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/bash/blesh.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ lib, config, pkgs, ... }:
+with lib;
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.bash.blesh;
+in {
+  options = {
+    programs.bash.blesh.enable = mkEnableOption (mdDoc "blesh");
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    programs.bash.interactiveShellInit = mkBefore ''
+      source ${pkgs.blesh}/share/ble.sh
+    '';
+  };
+  meta.maintainers = with maintainers; [ laalsaas ];
+}