diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix
index 360cdbac2a1e..ee5c0ef8d277 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ in {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${binaryCommand} --port ${toString cfg.port} ${interfaceFlag} ${configFlag} --home ${cfg.dataDir}";
       serviceConfig.User = cfg.user;
+      serviceConfig.Group = cfg.group;
     };
 
     users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "mediatomb") {