diff --git a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
index 2002df6a303c..57dc799ca8c0 100644
--- a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
+++ b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ in
         daemonType = "fork";
 
         exec = "acpid --confdir ${acpiConfDir}";
+
+        unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = [ "/proc/acpi" ];
       };
 
   };