diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/greetd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/greetd.nix
index 96eddc1ce7cd..3a0f59f62afb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/greetd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/display-managers/greetd.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ in
         SendSIGHUP = true;
         TimeoutStopSec = "30s";
         KeyringMode = "shared";
+
+        Type = "idle";
       };
 
       # Don't kill a user session when using nixos-rebuild