diff --git a/misc/systemd/local.mk b/misc/systemd/local.mk
index a5f6131c..5555818c 100644
--- a/misc/systemd/local.mk
+++ b/misc/systemd/local.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-$(foreach n, nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service, $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/$(n), $(libdir)/systemd/system, 0644)))
+$(foreach n, nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service, $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/$(n), $(prefix)/lib/systemd/system, 0644)))
diff --git a/nix.spec.in b/nix.spec.in
index 1457308d..4ec8cfe6 100644
--- a/nix.spec.in
+++ b/nix.spec.in
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ chgrp %{nixbld_group} /nix/store
 chmod 1775 /nix/store
 %if ! 0%{?rhel}
 # Enable and start Nix worker
-systemctl enable nix-daemon.service
-systemctl start  nix-daemon.service
+systemctl enable nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service
+systemctl start  nix-daemon.socket
 %endif
 
 %files
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ systemctl start  nix-daemon.service
 %exclude %dir %{perl_vendorarch}/auto/
 %{_prefix}/libexec/*
 %if ! 0%{?rhel}
+%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
 %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service
 %endif
 %{_datadir}/emacs/site-lisp/nix-mode.el