diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index adb079c87a8b..0f5dce40640a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@ in
                     || dmConf.sddm.enable
                     || dmConf.xpra.enable
                     || dmConf.sx.enable
-                    || dmConf.startx.enable);
+                    || dmConf.startx.enable
+                    || config.services.greetd.enable);
       in mkIf (default) (mkDefault true);
 
     # so that the service won't be enabled when only startx is used