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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/avahi.scm1
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm1
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/dbus.scm1
-rw-r--r--gnu/system.scm3
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/shadow.scm5
5 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/avahi.scm b/gnu/services/avahi.scm
index 4b52fd7840..4ba1a513ab 100644
--- a/gnu/services/avahi.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/avahi.scm
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ sockets."
       (user-accounts (list (user-account
                             (name "avahi")
                             (group "avahi")
+                            (system? #t)
                             (comment "Avahi daemon user")
                             (home-directory "/var/empty")
                             (shell
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 35e5d42fa8..0df4f652da 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ starting at FIRST-UID, and under GID."
                     (lambda (n)
                       (user-account
                        (name (format #f "guixbuilder~2,'0d" n))
+                       (system? #t)
                        (uid (+ first-uid n -1))
                        (group group)
 
diff --git a/gnu/services/dbus.scm b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
index 3fbbfde09b..2f67e26a1e 100644
--- a/gnu/services/dbus.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ and policy files.  For example, to allow avahi-daemon to use the system bus,
       (user-accounts (list (user-account
                             (name "messagebus")
                             (group "messagebus")
+                            (system? #t)
                             (comment "D-Bus system bus user")
                             (home-directory "/var/run/dbus")
                             (shell
diff --git a/gnu/system.scm b/gnu/system.scm
index dc8f9ef41c..661bf4cc52 100644
--- a/gnu/system.scm
+++ b/gnu/system.scm
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ alias ll='ls -l'
       #$(user-account-comment account)
       #$(user-account-home-directory account)
       ,#$(user-account-shell account)             ; this one is a gexp
-      #$(user-account-password account)))
+      #$(user-account-password account)
+      #$(user-account-system? account)))
 
 (define (operating-system-activation-script os)
   "Return the activation script for OS---i.e., the code that \"activates\" the
diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index fc19068ab6..9daf1e348d 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
             user-account-comment
             user-account-home-directory
             user-account-shell
+            user-account-system?
 
             user-group
             user-group?
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@
   (comment        user-account-comment (default ""))
   (home-directory user-account-home-directory)
   (shell          user-account-shell              ; gexp
-                  (default #~(string-append #$bash "/bin/bash"))))
+                  (default #~(string-append #$bash "/bin/bash")))
+  (system?        user-account-system?            ; Boolean
+                  (default #f)))
 
 (define-record-type* <user-group>
   user-group make-user-group