diff --git a/custom/modules/secrets-store.nix b/custom/modules/secrets-store.nix
index f94adf9..20bec88 100644
--- a/custom/modules/secrets-store.nix
+++ b/custom/modules/secrets-store.nix
@@ -99,8 +99,11 @@ in {
     '';
   };
 
+  # The user activation script may need access to secrets
+  config.system.activationScripts.users.deps = [ "secretsStore" ];
+
   config.system.activationScripts.secretsStore = {
-    deps = [ ];
+    deps = [ "stdio" ];
     text =
     ''
       # Initialise clean directory