diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/backup/sanoid.nix b/nixos/modules/services/backup/sanoid.nix
index a51708170fbf..aae77cee07d0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/backup/sanoid.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/backup/sanoid.nix
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ in
   options.services.sanoid = {
     enable = mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "Sanoid ZFS snapshotting service");
 
+    package = lib.mkPackageOptionMD pkgs "sanoid" {};
+
     interval = mkOption {
       type = types.str;
       default = "hourly";
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ in
         ExecStartPre = (map (buildAllowCommand "allow" [ "snapshot" "mount" "destroy" ]) datasets);
         ExecStopPost = (map (buildAllowCommand "unallow" [ "snapshot" "mount" "destroy" ]) datasets);
         ExecStart = lib.escapeShellArgs ([
-          "${pkgs.sanoid}/bin/sanoid"
+          "${cfg.package}/bin/sanoid"
           "--cron"
           "--configdir"
           (pkgs.writeTextDir "sanoid.conf" configFile)
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/backup/syncoid.nix b/nixos/modules/services/backup/syncoid.nix
index 6188f1094630..0f375455e7ed 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/backup/syncoid.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/backup/syncoid.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ in
   options.services.syncoid = {
     enable = mkEnableOption (lib.mdDoc "Syncoid ZFS synchronization service");
 
+    package = lib.mkPackageOptionMD pkgs "sanoid" {};
+
     interval = mkOption {
       type = types.str;
       default = "hourly";
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ in
               ExecStopPost =
                 (map (buildUnallowCommand c.localSourceAllow) (localDatasetName c.source)) ++
                 (map (buildUnallowCommand c.localTargetAllow) (localDatasetName c.target));
-              ExecStart = lib.escapeShellArgs ([ "${pkgs.sanoid}/bin/syncoid" ]
+              ExecStart = lib.escapeShellArgs ([ "${cfg.package}/bin/syncoid" ]
                 ++ optionals c.useCommonArgs cfg.commonArgs
                 ++ optional c.recursive "-r"
                 ++ optionals (c.sshKey != null) [ "--sshkey" c.sshKey ]