diff --git a/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.22.3-r1.ebuild b/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.22.3-r1.ebuild
index 4407b096f9d1a..ea15676a90dcd 100644
--- a/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.22.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.22.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -212,5 +212,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	done
 	eend ${ret}
 
+	systemd_reenable gdm.service
+
 	readme.gentoo_print_elog
 }
diff --git a/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.24.2.ebuild b/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.24.2.ebuild
index f5f574ad2ad56..98e6db80fbbac 100644
--- a/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.24.2.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-base/gdm/gdm-3.24.2.ebuild
@@ -207,5 +207,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	done
 	eend ${ret}
 
+	systemd_reenable gdm.service
+
 	readme.gentoo_print_elog
 }