diff --git a/system/lxc.nix b/system/lxc.nix
index 1a5127f..2546276 100644
--- a/system/lxc.nix
+++ b/system/lxc.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@
 
   networking.networkmanager.unmanaged = [ "br0" ];
 
+  virtualisation.lxc.systemConfig = ''
+    lxc.start.auto = 1
+  '';
+
+  systemd.services.lxc-autostart = {
+    description = "LXC autostart containers";
+    after = [ "network.target" "lxc.service" ];
+    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      RemainAfterExit = true;
+      ExecStart = "${pkgs.lxc}/bin/lxc-autostart";
+      ExecStop = "${pkgs.lxc}/bin/lxc-autostart -s";
+    };
+  };
+
   virtualisation.lxc.defaultConfig = ''
     lxc.net.0.type = veth
     lxc.net.0.link = br0