diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
index e20591b5beb..8110c18d40e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ in {
       description = "Music Player Daemon Socket";
       wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ];
       listenStreams = [
-        "${optionalString (cfg.network.listenAddress != "any") "${cfg.network.listenAddress}:"}${toString cfg.network.port}"
+        (if pkgs.lib.hasPrefix "/" cfg.network.listenAddress
+          then cfg.network.listenAddress
+          else "${optionalString (cfg.network.listenAddress != "any") "${cfg.network.listenAddress}:"}${toString cfg.network.port}")
       ];
       socketConfig = {
         Backlog = 5;