diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index ed1f5d20afb..dd9ba710448 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -875,7 +875,12 @@ in
     systemd.services.systemd-remount-fs.restartIfChanged = false;
     systemd.services.systemd-update-utmp.restartIfChanged = false;
     systemd.services.systemd-user-sessions.restartIfChanged = false; # Restart kills all active sessions.
-    systemd.services.systemd-logind.restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."systemd/logind.conf".source ];
+    # Restarting systemd-logind breaks X11
+    # - upstream commit: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=dc48bd653c7e101
+    # - systemd announcement: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/22043e4317ecd2bc7834b48a6d364de76bb26d91/NEWS#L103-L112
+    # - this might be addressed in the future by xorg
+    #systemd.services.systemd-logind.restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."systemd/logind.conf".source ];
+    systemd.services.systemd-logind.restartIfChanged = false;
     systemd.services.systemd-logind.stopIfChanged = false;
     systemd.services.systemd-journald.restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."systemd/journald.conf".source ];
     systemd.services.systemd-journald.stopIfChanged = false;