diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index 1150459d40e1..6bc7192963d1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ in
       description = "Nginx Web Server";
       after = [ "network.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      stopIfChanged = false;
       preStart =
         ''
         mkdir -p ${cfg.stateDir}/logs