diff --git a/nixos/modules/rename.nix b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
index 4db6efb75d8..66546139f72 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/rename.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/rename.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ with lib;
         The hidepid module was removed, since the underlying machinery
         is broken when using cgroups-v2.
     '')
+    (mkRemovedOptionModule ["services" "wakeonlan"] "This module was removed in favor of enabling it with networking.interfaces.<name>.wakeOnLan")
 
     # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file
   ];