diff --git a/modules/services/sxhkd.nix b/modules/services/sxhkd.nix
index e955d00b..cec453a0 100644
--- a/modules/services/sxhkd.nix
+++ b/modules/services/sxhkd.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ in {
       sxhkdCommand = "${cfg.package}/bin/sxhkd ${toString cfg.extraOptions}";
     in ''
       systemctl --user stop sxhkd.scope 2> /dev/null || true
-      systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope -u sxhkd ${sxhkdCommand} &
+      systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope --property=OOMPolicy=continue -u sxhkd ${sxhkdCommand} &
     '';
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix b/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix
index 84f3086a..5f49f7a5 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/sxhkd/service.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
       'systemctl --user stop sxhkd.scope 2> /dev/null || true'
 
     assertFileContains $xsessionFile \
-      'systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope -u sxhkd @sxhkd@/bin/sxhkd -m 1 &'
+      'systemd-cat -t sxhkd systemd-run --user --scope --property=OOMPolicy=continue -u sxhkd @sxhkd@/bin/sxhkd -m 1 &'
   '';
 }