diff --git a/modules/system/upstart/upstart.nix b/modules/system/upstart/upstart.nix
index 57a532837f3..4fbf683c440 100644
--- a/modules/system/upstart/upstart.nix
+++ b/modules/system/upstart/upstart.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ let
         '';
     in {
 
-      inherit (job) description requires wants before partOf environment path restartIfChanged unitConfig;
+      inherit (job) description wants before partOf environment path restartIfChanged unitConfig;
 
       after =
         (if job.startOn == "stopped udevtrigger" then [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ] else
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ let
          builtins.trace "Warning: job ‘${job.name}’ has unknown startOn value ‘${job.startOn}’." []
         ) ++ job.after;
 
+      requires = 
+        (if job.startOn == "stopped udevtrigger" then [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ] else []
+        ) ++ job.requires;
+
       wantedBy =
         (if job.startOn == "" then [] else
          if job.startOn == "ip-up" then [ "ip-up.target" ] else