1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/bees.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/bees.nix
index cb97a86b859..fa00d7e4f55 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/bees.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/bees.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ let
         <para>
         This must be in a format usable by findmnt; that could be a key=value
         pair, or a bare path to a mount point.
+        Using bare paths will allow systemd to start the beesd service only
+        after mounting the associated path.
       '';
       example = "LABEL=MyBulkDataDrive";
     };
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ in
             StartupIOWeight = 25;
             SyslogIdentifier = "beesd"; # would otherwise be "bees-service-wrapper"
           };
+        unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = lib.mkIf (lib.hasPrefix "/" fs.spec) fs.spec;
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       })
       cfg.filesystems;