diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 27dc9f38e0..48305e373a 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int manager_setup_notify(Manager *m) {
         zero(sa);
         sa.sa.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
 
-        if (getpid() != 1)
+        if (getpid() != 1 || detect_container(NULL) > 0)
                 snprintf(sa.un.sun_path, sizeof(sa.un.sun_path), NOTIFY_SOCKET "/%llu", random_ull());
         else
                 strncpy(sa.un.sun_path, NOTIFY_SOCKET, sizeof(sa.un.sun_path));