diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix
index 9330e6c92ba..8da0f817ae2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tinc.nix
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ in
         serviceConfig = {
           Type = "simple";
           PIDFile = "/run/tinc.${network}.pid";
+          Restart = "on-failure";
         };
         preStart = ''
           mkdir -p /etc/tinc/${network}/hosts