diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
index ae3bfcbbb97..2028e3875f9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ let
     };
     "plugin:cgroups" = {
       "script to get cgroup network interfaces" = "${wrappedPlugins}/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/cgroup-network";
+      "use unified cgroups" = "yes";
     };
   };
   mkConfig = generators.toINI {} (recursiveUpdate localConfig cfg.config);