diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
index 9b4323292236..26c4d77debe5 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ The module update takes care of the new config syntax and the data itself (user
 
 - Suricata was upgraded from 6.0 to 7.0 and no longer considers HTTP/2 support as experimental, see [upstream release notes](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-7-0-0-released/3715) for more details.
 
+- Cloud support in the `netdata` package is now disabled by default. To enable it use the `netdataCloud` package.
+
 - `networking.nftables` now has the option `networking.nftables.table.<table>` to create tables
   and have them be updated atomically, instead of flushing the ruleset.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index eccd6ba8ca76..c76bcc7aa094 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , withDBengine ? true, lz4
 , withIpmi ? (!stdenv.isDarwin), freeipmi
 , withNetfilter ? (!stdenv.isDarwin), libmnl, libnetfilter_acct
-, withCloud ? (!stdenv.isDarwin)
+, withCloud ? false
 , withCloudUi ? false
 , withConnPubSub ? false, google-cloud-cpp, grpc
 , withConnPrometheus ? false, snappy
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 600517900c39..2eb18f24689a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10229,6 +10229,10 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation IOKit;
     protobuf = protobuf3_21;
   };
+  netdataCloud = netdata.override {
+    withCloud = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+    withCloudUi = true;
+  };
   # Exposed here so the bots can auto-upgrade it
   netdata-go-plugins = callPackage ../tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix { };