diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
index 6d0afcc57fc..756632a45f9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
@@ -2812,9 +2812,16 @@ let
 
       environment.etc."systemd/networkd.conf" = renderConfig cfg.config;
 
-      systemd.services.systemd-networkd = {
+      systemd.services.systemd-networkd = let
+        isReloadableUnitFileName = unitFileName: strings.hasSuffix ".network" unitFileName;
+        partitionedUnitFiles = lib.partition isReloadableUnitFileName unitFiles;
+        reloadableUnitFiles = partitionedUnitFiles.right;
+        nonReloadableUnitFiles = partitionedUnitFiles.wrong;
+        unitFileSources = unitFiles: map (x: x.source) (attrValues unitFiles);
+      in {
         wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-        restartTriggers = map (x: x.source) (attrValues unitFiles) ++ [
+        reloadTriggers = unitFileSources reloadableUnitFiles;
+        restartTriggers = unitFileSources nonReloadableUnitFiles ++ [
           config.environment.etc."systemd/networkd.conf".source
         ];
         aliases = [ "dbus-org.freedesktop.network1.service" ];