diff --git a/misc/systemd/local.mk b/misc/systemd/local.mk
index 1fa037485..76121a0f9 100644
--- a/misc/systemd/local.mk
+++ b/misc/systemd/local.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ifdef HOST_LINUX
 
   $(foreach n, nix-daemon.socket nix-daemon.service, $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/$(n), $(prefix)/lib/systemd/system, 0644)))
+  $(foreach n, nix-daemon.conf, $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/$(n), $(prefix)/lib/tmpfiles.d, 0644)))
 
-  clean-files += $(d)/nix-daemon.socket $(d)/nix-daemon.service
+  clean-files += $(d)/nix-daemon.socket $(d)/nix-daemon.service $(d)/nix-daemon.conf
 
 endif
diff --git a/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.conf.in b/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7b264234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/systemd/nix-daemon.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d @localstatedir@/nix/daemon-socket 0755 root root - -