diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/dovecot.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/dovecot.nix
index 701bf800d718..d2e51dc9ef62 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/dovecot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/dovecot.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ in
     serviceConfig = {
       DynamicUser = false;
       ExecStart = ''
-        ${pkgs.prometheus-dovecot-exporter}/bin/dovecot_exporter \
+        ${lib.getExe pkgs.dovecot_exporter} \
           --web.listen-address ${cfg.listenAddress}:${toString cfg.port} \
           --web.telemetry-path ${cfg.telemetryPath} \
           --dovecot.socket-path ${escapeShellArg cfg.socketPath} \