diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/oauth2-proxy.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/oauth2-proxy.nix
index 78a772845a35..3079a1d030c5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/oauth2-proxy.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/oauth2-proxy.nix
@@ -577,20 +577,22 @@ in
 
     users.groups.oauth2-proxy = {};
 
-    systemd.services.oauth2-proxy = {
-      description = "OAuth2 Proxy";
-      path = [ cfg.package ];
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
-      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+    systemd.services.oauth2-proxy =
+      let needsKeycloak = lib.elem cfg.provider ["keycloak" "keycloak-oidc"]
+                          && config.services.keycloak.enable;
+      in {
+        description = "OAuth2 Proxy";
+        path = [ cfg.package ];
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        wants = [ "network-online.target" ] ++ lib.optionals needsKeycloak [ "keycloak.service" ];
+        after = [ "network-online.target" ] ++ lib.optionals needsKeycloak [ "keycloak.service" ];
 
-      serviceConfig = {
-        User = "oauth2-proxy";
-        Restart = "always";
-        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/oauth2-proxy ${configString}";
-        EnvironmentFile = lib.mkIf (cfg.keyFile != null) cfg.keyFile;
+        serviceConfig = {
+          User = "oauth2-proxy";
+          Restart = "always";
+          ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/oauth2-proxy ${configString}";
+          EnvironmentFile = lib.mkIf (cfg.keyFile != null) cfg.keyFile;
+        };
       };
-    };
-
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/keycloak.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/keycloak.nix
index 201085daa74a..6d472cf48cd0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/keycloak.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/keycloak.nix
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ in
       confFile = pkgs.writeText "keycloak.conf" (keycloakConfig filteredConfig);
       keycloakBuild = cfg.package.override {
         inherit confFile;
-        plugins = cfg.package.enabledPlugins ++ cfg.plugins;
+        plugins = cfg.package.enabledPlugins ++ cfg.plugins ++
+                  (with cfg.package.plugins; [quarkus-systemd-notify quarkus-systemd-notify-deployment]);
       };
     in
     mkIf cfg.enable
@@ -638,6 +639,8 @@ in
               RuntimeDirectory = "keycloak";
               RuntimeDirectoryMode = "0700";
               AmbientCapabilities = "CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE";
+              Type = "notify";  # Requires quarkus-systemd-notify plugin
+              NotifyAccess = "all";
             };
             script = ''
               set -o errexit -o pipefail -o nounset -o errtrace
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/keycloak/all-plugins.nix b/pkgs/servers/keycloak/all-plugins.nix
index f2f1117f2d84..2e4c97ea1cec 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/keycloak/all-plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/keycloak/all-plugins.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage }:
+{ callPackage, fetchMavenArtifact }:
 
 {
   scim-for-keycloak = callPackage ./scim-for-keycloak {};
@@ -6,4 +6,20 @@
   keycloak-discord = callPackage ./keycloak-discord {};
   keycloak-metrics-spi = callPackage ./keycloak-metrics-spi {};
   keycloak-restrict-client-auth = callPackage ./keycloak-restrict-client-auth {};
+
+  # These could theoretically be used by something other than Keycloak, but
+  # there are no other quarkus apps in nixpkgs (as of 2023-08-21)
+  quarkus-systemd-notify = (fetchMavenArtifact {
+    groupId = "io.quarkiverse.systemd.notify";
+    artifactId = "quarkus-systemd-notify";
+    version = "1.0.1";
+    hash = "sha256-3I4j22jyIpokU4kdobkt6cDsALtxYFclA+DV+BqtmLY=";
+  }).passthru.jar;
+
+  quarkus-systemd-notify-deployment = (fetchMavenArtifact {
+    groupId = "io.quarkiverse.systemd.notify";
+    artifactId = "quarkus-systemd-notify-deployment";
+    version = "1.0.1";
+    hash = "sha256-xHxzBxriSd/OU8gEcDG00VRkJYPYJDfAfPh/FkQe+zg=";
+  }).passthru.jar;
 }