diff --git a/nixos/tests/installed-tests/ibus.nix b/nixos/tests/installed-tests/ibus.nix
index af54b612b50..a4bc2a7d7de 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installed-tests/ibus.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installed-tests/ibus.nix
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ makeInstalledTest {
 
   testConfig = {
     i18n.inputMethod.enabled = "ibus";
+    systemd.user.services.ibus-daemon = {
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.ibus}/bin/ibus-daemon --xim --verbose";
+      wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      partOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    };
   };
 
-  preTestScript = ''
-    # ibus has ibus-desktop-testing-runner but it tries to manage desktop session so we just spawn ibus-daemon ourselves
-    machine.succeed("ibus-daemon --daemonize --verbose")
-  '';
-
   withX11 = true;
-
-  # TODO: ibus-daemon is currently crashing or something
-  # maybe make ibus systemd service that auto-restarts?
-  meta.broken = true;
 }