diff --git a/upstart-jobs/mingetty.nix b/upstart-jobs/mingetty.nix
index 1d821e789b7..8f50ea5c9db 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/mingetty.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/mingetty.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {
   name = "tty" + toString ttyNumber;
   job = "
-    start on startup
+    start on udev
     stop on shutdown
     respawn ${mingetty}/sbin/mingetty --loginprog=${loginProgram} --noclear tty${toString ttyNumber}
   ";