diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
index 6972c833cc5b..f476b147a576 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ in
         before = [ "network-online.target" ];
         after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
 
+        restartTriggers = [ exitHook ];
+
         # Stopping dhcpcd during a reconfiguration is undesirable
         # because it brings down the network interfaces configured by
         # dhcpcd.  So do a "systemctl restart" instead.