diff --git a/recipes-support/sddm/sddm.inc b/recipes-support/sddm/sddm.inc
index 66aef62..46d6671 100644
--- a/recipes-support/sddm/sddm.inc
+++ b/recipes-support/sddm/sddm.inc
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ do_install_append() {
     install -d ${D}${localstatedir}/lib/sddm
     chown -R sddm:sddm ${D}${localstatedir}/lib/sddm
     chmod 0750 ${D}${localstatedir}/lib/sddm
+
+    # make SDDM actually auto-start
+    echo "WantedBy=multi-user.target" >> ${D}/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service
 }
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${OE_QMAKE_PATH_QML}"