diff --git a/modules/services/mopidy.nix b/modules/services/mopidy.nix
index 37642a290..b02708578 100644
--- a/modules/services/mopidy.nix
+++ b/modules/services/mopidy.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ let
   configFilePaths = concatStringsSep ":"
     ([ "${config.xdg.configHome}/mopidy/mopidy.conf" ] ++ cfg.extraConfigFiles);
 
+  hasMopidyLocal = builtins.elem pkgs.mopidy-local cfg.extensionPackages;
+
 in {
   meta.maintainers = [ hm.maintainers.foo-dogsquared ];
 
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ in {
       Install.WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
     };
 
-    systemd.user.services.mopidy-scan = {
+    systemd.user.services.mopidy-scan = mkIf hasMopidyLocal {
       Unit = {
         Description = "mopidy local files scanner";
         Documentation = [ "https://mopidy.com/" ];
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/mopidy/basic-configuration.nix b/tests/modules/services/mopidy/basic-configuration.nix
index 418bfde1f..2bffbd681 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/mopidy/basic-configuration.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/mopidy/basic-configuration.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {
   services.mopidy = {
     enable = true;
+    extensionPackages = [ ];
     settings = {
       file = {
         enabled = true;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 
   nmt.script = ''
     assertFileExists home-files/.config/systemd/user/mopidy.service
-    assertFileExists home-files/.config/systemd/user/mopidy-scan.service
+    assertPathNotExists home-files/.config/systemd/user/mopidy-scan.service
 
     assertFileExists home-files/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf
     assertFileContent home-files/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf \
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/mopidy/default.nix b/tests/modules/services/mopidy/default.nix
index 2f2c33d23..6d71e1f54 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/mopidy/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/mopidy/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-{ mopidy-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix; }
+{
+  mopidy-basic-configuration = ./basic-configuration.nix;
+  mopidy-scan = ./mopidy-scan.nix;
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/mopidy/mopidy-scan.nix b/tests/modules/services/mopidy/mopidy-scan.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58a035a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/services/mopidy/mopidy-scan.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  services.mopidy = {
+    enable = true;
+    extensionPackages = [ pkgs.mopidy-local ];
+  };
+
+  nmt.script = ''
+    assertFileExists home-files/.config/systemd/user/mopidy.service
+    assertFileExists home-files/.config/systemd/user/mopidy-scan.service
+  '';
+}