diff --git a/common/gpu/nvidia/default.nix b/common/gpu/nvidia/default.nix
index 281e33f..de1494e 100644
--- a/common/gpu/nvidia/default.nix
+++ b/common/gpu/nvidia/default.nix
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 {
   imports = [ ../24.05-compat.nix ];
   services.xserver.videoDrivers = lib.mkDefault [ "nvidia" ];
+  # TODO: this will be a default after https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/326369
+  hardware.nvidia.modesetting.enable = true;
 }