diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index 276405199ca4..6b9bb06fedc9 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -270,3 +270,5 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 - The option `services.nomad.extraSettingsPlugins` has been fixed to allow more than one plugin in the path.
 
 - The option `services.prometheus.exporters.pihole.interval` does not exist anymore and has been removed.
+
+- `k3s` can now be configured with an EnvironmentFile for its systemd service, allowing secrets to be provided without ending up in the Nix Store.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 693f388de14a..97c1e57f9b57 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ in
       description = lib.mdDoc "Only run the server. This option only makes sense for a server.";
     };
 
+    environmentFile = mkOption {
+      type = types.nullOr types.path;
+      description = lib.mdDoc ''
+        File path containing environment variables for configuring the k3s service in the format of an EnvironmentFile. See systemd.exec(5).
+      '';
+      default = null;
+    };
+
     configPath = mkOption {
       type = types.nullOr types.path;
       default = null;
@@ -154,6 +162,7 @@ in
         LimitNPROC = "infinity";
         LimitCORE = "infinity";
         TasksMax = "infinity";
+        EnvironmentFile = cfg.environmentFile;
         ExecStart = concatStringsSep " \\\n " (
           [
             "${cfg.package}/bin/k3s ${cfg.role}"