diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
index bb99e5e36ff8..8f23454af9df 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ in {
     users.users.localtimed = {
       description = "localtime daemon";
       isSystemUser = true;
+      group = "localtimed";
     };
+    users.groups.localtimed = {};
 
     systemd.services.localtime = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];