diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix b/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix
index 22bf34198a30..bcbd17d8e10e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix
@@ -21,15 +21,51 @@ let
   # The Group can vary depending on what the user has specified in
   # security.acme.certs.<cert>.group on some of the services.
   commonServiceConfig = {
-      Type = "oneshot";
-      User = "acme";
-      Group = mkDefault "acme";
-      UMask = 0022;
-      StateDirectoryMode = 750;
-      ProtectSystem = "full";
-      PrivateTmp = true;
+    Type = "oneshot";
+    User = "acme";
+    Group = mkDefault "acme";
+    UMask = 0022;
+    StateDirectoryMode = 750;
+    ProtectSystem = "strict";
+    ReadWritePaths = [
+      "/var/lib/acme"
+    ];
+    PrivateTmp = true;
 
-      WorkingDirectory = "/tmp";
+    WorkingDirectory = "/tmp";
+
+    CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "" ];
+    DevicePolicy = "closed";
+    LockPersonality = true;
+    MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+    NoNewPrivileges = true;
+    PrivateDevices = true;
+    ProtectClock = true;
+    ProtectHome = true;
+    ProtectHostname = true;
+    ProtectControlGroups = true;
+    ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+    ProtectKernelModules = true;
+    ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+    ProtectProc = "invisible";
+    ProcSubset = "pid";
+    RemoveIPC = true;
+    RestrictAddressFamilies = [
+      "AF_INET"
+      "AF_INET6"
+    ];
+    RestrictNamespaces = true;
+    RestrictRealtime = true;
+    RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+    SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+    SystemCallFilter = [
+      # 1. allow a reasonable set of syscalls
+      "@system-service"
+      # 2. and deny unreasonable ones
+      "~@privileged @resources"
+      # 3. then allow the required subset within denied groups
+      "@chown"
+    ];
   };
 
   # In order to avoid race conditions creating the CA for selfsigned certs,