diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/video/mediamtx.nix b/nixos/modules/services/video/mediamtx.nix
index 054e30b75e5a..bb5ba895e01e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/video/mediamtx.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/video/mediamtx.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ in
         Group = "mediamtx";
         SupplementaryGroups = lib.mkIf cfg.allowVideoAccess "video";
         ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/mediamtx /etc/mediamtx.yaml";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
       };
     };
   };