diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
index 5fbd9955c2a..4eaa7bcf666 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/common-config.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ with stdenv.lib;
   NETFILTER y
   NETFILTER_ADVANCED y
   CGROUP_BPF? y # Required by systemd per-cgroup firewalling
+  CGROUP_NET_PRIO y # Required by systemd
   IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE y
   IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES y
   IP_VS_PROTO_TCP y