diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
index 7fb2be786980..220107a24118 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ in {
     users.extraUsers = [{
       name = "nm-openvpn";
       uid = config.ids.uids.nm-openvpn;
+      extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" ];
     }];
 
     systemd.packages = cfg.packages;