diff --git a/modules/services/networking/websockify.nix b/modules/services/networking/websockify.nix
index 864d7bbb9789..12042bbad6c9 100644
--- a/modules/services/networking/websockify.nix
+++ b/modules/services/networking/websockify.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ let cfg = config.services.networking.websockify; in {
 
     systemd.targets."default-websockify" = {
       description = "Target to start all default websockify@ services";
+      unitConfig."X-StopOnReconfiguration" = true;
       wants = mapAttrsToList (name: value: "websockify@${name}:${toString value}.service") cfg.portMap;
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     };