diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd-nspawn.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd-nspawn.nix
index 3ddd45b13482..1e2435e36f0c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd-nspawn.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd-nspawn.nix
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ in {
           systemd.services."systemd-nspawn@".serviceConfig.ExecStart = [ 
             ""  # deliberately empty. signals systemd to override the ExecStart
             # Only difference between upstream is that we do not pass the -U flag
-            "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemd-nspawn --quiet --keep-unit --boot --link-journal=try-guest --network-veth --settings=override --machine=%i"
+            "${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemd-nspawn --quiet --keep-unit --boot --link-journal=try-guest --network-veth --settings=override --machine=%i"
           ];
         }
       ];