diff --git a/modules/baremetal.nix b/modules/baremetal.nix
index d59ce68f..510c17cd 100644
--- a/modules/baremetal.nix
+++ b/modules/baremetal.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
     services = {
       # just assume there are ssd's everywhere
       fstrim.enable = true;
+      resolved.extraConfig = /* systemd */ ''
+        # don't cache NXDOMAIN which often happened for nix-cache.hq.c3d2.de after a restart
+        Cache=no-negative
+      '';
       smartd.enable = true;
     };