diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/earlyoom.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/earlyoom.nix
index e29bdbe264cc..452efc736439 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/earlyoom.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/earlyoom.nix
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ in
       path = optional ecfg.enableNotifications pkgs.dbus;
       serviceConfig = {
         StandardOutput = "null";
+        StandardError = "journal";
         ExecStart = ''
           ${pkgs.earlyoom}/bin/earlyoom \
           -m ${toString ecfg.freeMemThreshold} \