diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 2e8bf20a68fc..f0317fdbd160 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ in
       enable = mkDefault true;
     };
 
+    # TODO: disable this once k3s supports cgroupsv2, either by docker
+    # supporting it, or their bundled containerd
+    systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy = false;
+
     systemd.services.k3s = {
       description = "k3s service";
       after = mkIf cfg.docker [ "docker.service" ];