diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix
index 7ebe9217ee32..bbbd2c06a2a4 100644
--- a/system/options.nix
+++ b/system/options.nix
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 
   {
     name = ["services" "httpd" "extraSubservices" "services"];
-    default = false;
+    default = [];
     description = "
       Extra subservices to enable in the webserver.
     ";
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/httpd.nix b/upstart-jobs/httpd.nix
index 59f08898cffb..d39a8206324e 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/httpd.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/httpd.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ let
   logDir = getCfg "logDir";
   stateDir = getCfg "stateDir";
   enableSSL = false;
-
   
   webServer = import ../services/apache-httpd {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv apacheHttpd coreutils;
@@ -56,8 +55,9 @@ let
       )
       ++
 
-      (optional (getCfgs ["extraSubservices" "enable"]) (
-        (getCfgs ["extraSubservices" "services"]) webServer pkgs
+      (optional (getCfgs ["extraSubservices" "enable"])
+        (map (service : service webServer pkgs)
+          (getCfgs ["extraSubservices" "services"])
         )
       )
       ;