diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index d5a57eddd5e7..6a830827fd78 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ in
         serviceConfig.Type = "forking";
         serviceConfig.PIDFile = "${mainCfg.stateDir}/httpd.pid";
         serviceConfig.Restart = "always";
+        serviceConfig.RestartSec = "5s";
       };
 
   };