diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/unbound.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/unbound.nix
index e154aed0843..89762fe5248 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/unbound.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/unbound.nix
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ in
       '';
 
       serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.unbound}/sbin/unbound -d -c ${stateDir}/unbound.conf";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.unbound}/bin/unbound -d -c ${stateDir}/unbound.conf";
         ExecStopPost="${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/umount ${stateDir}/dev/random";
       };
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
index 4ada77e14b6..edbf32bb775 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-libevent=${libevent}"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+    "--sbindir=\${out}/bin"
     "--enable-pie"
     "--enable-relro-now"
   ];