diff --git a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
index 303db3816b5..2002df6a303 100644
--- a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
+++ b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ in
   config = mkIf config.services.acpid.enable {
 
     jobs.acpid =
-      { description = "ACPI daemon";
+      { description = "ACPI Daemon";
 
-        startOn = "stopped udevtrigger and started syslogd";
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
 
         path = [ pkgs.acpid ];