diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix
index 6fd3b5707ab6..65b6259c12bd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix
@@ -269,7 +269,10 @@ in
     systemd.services.smartd = {
       description = "S.M.A.R.T. Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.smartmontools}/sbin/smartd ${lib.concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraOptions} --no-fork --configfile=${smartdConf}";
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "notify";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.smartmontools}/sbin/smartd ${lib.concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraOptions} --no-fork --configfile=${smartdConf}";
+      };
     };
 
     services.systembus-notify.enable = mkDefault ns.enable;