diff --git a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
index a846f3b71170..4be882c1f1e2 100644
--- a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
+++ b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ in
     jobs.acpid =
       { description = "ACPI daemon";
 
-        startOn = "started udev";
+        startOn = "stopped udevtrigger and started syslogd";
 
         exec = "${pkgs.acpid}/sbin/acpid --foreground --confdir ${acpiConfDir}";
       };