1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
index 9deeb7694d2a..e25f5c7b0379 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/bird.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ in
           <http://bird.network.cz/>
         '';
       };
+      autoReload = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = true;
+        description = lib.mdDoc ''
+          Whether bird2 should be automatically reloaded when the configuration changes.
+        '';
+      };
       checkConfig = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         default = true;
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ in
     systemd.services.bird2 = {
       description = "BIRD Internet Routing Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      reloadTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."bird/bird2.conf".source ];
+      reloadTriggers = lib.optional cfg.autoReload config.environment.etc."bird/bird2.conf".source;
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "forking";
         Restart = "on-failure";