diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
index f8225af20428..7589fd0e67b0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ let
   '';
 
   plugins = [
-    "${pkgs.netdata}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d"
+    "${cfg.package}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d"
     "${wrappedPlugins}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d"
   ] ++ cfg.extraPluginPaths;
 
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ in {
     services.netdata = {
       enable = mkEnableOption "netdata";
 
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.netdata;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.netdata";
+        description = "Netdata package to use.";
+      };
+
       user = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
         default = "netdata";
@@ -141,8 +148,8 @@ in {
       path = (with pkgs; [ curl gawk which ]) ++ lib.optional cfg.python.enable
         (pkgs.python3.withPackages cfg.python.extraPackages);
       serviceConfig = {
-        Environment="PYTHONPATH=${pkgs.netdata}/libexec/netdata/python.d/python_modules";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.netdata}/bin/netdata -P /run/netdata/netdata.pid -D -c ${configFile}";
+        Environment="PYTHONPATH=${cfg.package}/libexec/netdata/python.d/python_modules";
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/netdata -P /run/netdata/netdata.pid -D -c ${configFile}";
         ExecReload = "${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/kill -s HUP -s USR1 -s USR2 $MAINPID";
         TimeoutStopSec = 60;
         # User and group
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ in {
     systemd.enableCgroupAccounting = true;
 
     security.wrappers."apps.plugin" = {
-      source = "${pkgs.netdata}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin.org";
+      source = "${cfg.package}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin.org";
       capabilities = "cap_dac_read_search,cap_sys_ptrace+ep";
       owner = cfg.user;
       group = cfg.group;
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     security.wrappers."freeipmi.plugin" = {
-      source = "${pkgs.netdata}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/freeipmi.plugin.org";
+      source = "${cfg.package}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/freeipmi.plugin.org";
       capabilities = "cap_dac_override,cap_fowner+ep";
       owner = cfg.user;
       group = cfg.group;