diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 809bf48be1eae..d8e8ce49f651e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 , withRemote ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl
 , withResolved ? true
 , withShellCompletions ? true
-, withSysusers ? false # conflicts with the NixOS user management
+, withSysusers ? true
 , withSysupdate ? true
 , withTimedated ? true
 , withTimesyncd ? true
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     rm -rf $out/share/doc
   '' + lib.optionalString (withKmod && !buildLibsOnly) ''
     mv $out/lib/modules-load.d $out/example
+  '' + lib.optionalString withSysusers ''
+    mv $out/lib/sysusers.d $out/example
   '';
 
   # Avoid *.EFI binary stripping. At least on aarch64-linux strip
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 81a8a0050032b..542982bd4d210 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28782,6 +28782,7 @@ with pkgs;
     withResolved = false;
     withShellCompletions = false;
     withSysupdate = false;
+    withSysusers = false;
     withTimedated = false;
     withTimesyncd = false;
     withTpm2Tss = false;