diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index e4df6af462a9..1e43554b7818 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ in
     ];
 
     services.logrotate.settings.nginx = mapAttrs (_: mkDefault) {
-      files = "/var/log/nginx/*.log";
+      files = [ "/var/log/nginx/*.log" ];
       frequency = "weekly";
       su = "${cfg.user} ${cfg.group}";
       rotate = 26;