diff --git a/units/fedora/prefdm.service b/units/fedora/prefdm.service
index 79a2af39d..acce52e0d 100644
--- a/units/fedora/prefdm.service
+++ b/units/fedora/prefdm.service
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 Description=Display Manager
 After=syslog.target haldaemon.service
 
+# On Fedora gdm/X11 is on tty1. We explicitly cancel the getty here to
+# avoid any races around that.
+Conflicts=getty@tty1.service
+
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon