diff --git a/hosts/nixos-laptop/disko.nix b/hosts/nixos-laptop/disko.nix
index d93e34b..6540b2b 100644
--- a/hosts/nixos-laptop/disko.nix
+++ b/hosts/nixos-laptop/disko.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         rootFsOptions = {
           compression = "zstd";
           "com.sun:auto-snapshot" = "false";
+          "acltype" = "posixacl"; # NOTE: needed for systemd https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/16954
         };
         mountpoint = null;