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diff --git a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
index 17b54eaeb0..d753e6d05f 100644
--- a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
+++ b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ RemainAfterExit=yes
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
+# Work around a nasty systemd ‘feature’ that kills the entire process tree
+# (including the daemon!) if any child, such as cc1plus, runs out of memory.
+OOMPolicy=continue
+
# See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-04/msg00608.html>.
# Some package builds (for example, go@1.8.1) may require even more than
# 1024 tasks.