diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
index cd481212db2..cd1b6264fa9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ in
 
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "forking";
+        KillMode = "process";
         ExecStart = "${wrappedSlurm}/bin/slurmd";
         PIDFile = "/run/slurmd.pid";
         ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";