diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
index c70d999ca96..050872e933f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ in
         ExecStart = "${wrappedSlurm}/bin/slurmd";
         PIDFile = "/run/slurmd.pid";
         ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
+        LimitMEMLOCK = "infinity";
       };
 
       preStart = ''