diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
index 133e96da0ec..df745fa7168 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ let
 
   isNix23 = versionAtLeast nixVersion "2.3pre";
 
+  isNix24 = versionAtLeast nixVersion "2.4pre";
+
   makeNixBuildUser = nr: {
     name  = "nixbld${toString nr}";
     value = {
@@ -41,7 +43,11 @@ let
         max-jobs = ${toString (cfg.maxJobs)}
         cores = ${toString (cfg.buildCores)}
         sandbox = ${if (builtins.isBool cfg.useSandbox) then boolToString cfg.useSandbox else cfg.useSandbox}
-        extra-sandbox-paths = ${toString cfg.sandboxPaths}
+        ${if isNix24 then ''
+          sandbox-paths = ${toString cfg.sandboxPaths}
+        '' else ''
+          extra-sandbox-paths = ${toString cfg.sandboxPaths}
+        ''}
         substituters = ${toString cfg.binaryCaches}
         trusted-substituters = ${toString cfg.trustedBinaryCaches}
         trusted-public-keys = ${toString cfg.binaryCachePublicKeys}