diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index ce45b0d79775..79fc675ff0ce 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -623,6 +623,17 @@
           warning.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The option
+          <link linkend="opt-services.networking.networkmanager.enableFccUnlock">services.networking.networkmanager.enableFccUnlock</link>
+          was added to support FCC unlock procedures. Since release
+          1.18.4, the ModemManager daemon no longer automatically
+          performs the FCC unlock procedure by default. See
+          <link xlink:href="https://modemmanager.org/docs/modemmanager/fcc-unlock/">the
+          docs</link> for more details.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 25b3ada2c563..90b6d39c6052 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -214,4 +214,10 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   Reason is that the old name has been deprecated upstream.
   Using the old option name will still work, but produce a warning.
 
+- The option
+  [services.networking.networkmanager.enableFccUnlock](#opt-services.networking.networkmanager.enableFccUnlock)
+  was added to support FCC unlock procedures. Since release 1.18.4, the ModemManager
+  daemon no longer automatically performs the FCC unlock procedure by default. See
+  [the docs](https://modemmanager.org/docs/modemmanager/fcc-unlock/) for more details.
+
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
index 73e63e2ee99b..a9801036b00c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
@@ -384,6 +384,17 @@ in {
           so you don't need to to that yourself.
         '';
       };
+
+      enableFccUnlock = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Enable FCC unlock procedures. Since release 1.18.4, the ModemManager daemon no longer
+          automatically performs the FCC unlock procedure by default. See
+          <link xlink:href="https://modemmanager.org/docs/modemmanager/fcc-unlock/">the docs</link>
+          for more details.
+        '';
+      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -438,7 +449,13 @@ in {
 
       "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-sstp-service.name".source =
         "${networkmanager-sstp}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-sstp-service.name";
+
       }
+      // optionalAttrs cfg.enableFccUnlock
+         {
+           "ModemManager/fcc-unlock.d".source =
+             "${pkgs.modemmanager}/share/ModemManager/fcc-unlock.available.d/*";
+         }
       // optionalAttrs (cfg.appendNameservers != [] || cfg.insertNameservers != [])
          {
            "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02overridedns".source = overrideNameserversScript;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/modemmanager/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/modemmanager/default.nix
index 299342197897..126b3b513a86 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/modemmanager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/modemmanager/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "modemmanager";
-  version = "1.18.2";
+  version = "1.18.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-N0vhWK4cH7OKKe7xzDzfif81NrSP8TINIIqyBOpsX4o=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-EfuXD2Pi2ojfS22HWeTuZJlExRUkS5eb9Qp6bfHX8Zk=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ vala gobject-introspection gettext pkg-config ];