diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
index 78b12537e27f..ec6aa5615039 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ in {
         }
       ];
 
+    services.netdata.configDir.".opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics" = mkIf (!cfg.enableAnalyticsReporting) (pkgs.writeText ".opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics" "");
     environment.etc."netdata/netdata.conf".source = configFile;
     environment.etc."netdata/conf.d".source = configDirectory;