diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix
index bf59130ce5b..634b0e7efb6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/xrdp.nix
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ in
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
         after = [ "network.target" ];
         description = "xrdp session manager";
+        restartIfChanged = false; # do not restart on "nixos-rebuild switch". like "display-manager", it can have many interactive programs as children
         serviceConfig = {
           ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/xrdp-sesman --nodaemon --config ${confDir}/sesman.ini";
+          ExecStop  = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -INT $MAINPID";
         };
       };