diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/powerdns.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/powerdns.nix
index 8cae61b8354..b035698456c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/powerdns.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/powerdns.nix
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.powerdns ];
+    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.pdns ];
 
     systemd.services.pdns = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       after = [ "network.target" "mysql.service" "postgresql.service" "openldap.service" ];
 
       serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = [ "" "${pkgs.powerdns}/bin/pdns_server --config-dir=${configDir} --guardian=no --daemon=no --disable-syslog --log-timestamp=no --write-pid=no" ];
+        ExecStart = [ "" "${pkgs.pdns}/bin/pdns_server --config-dir=${configDir} --guardian=no --daemon=no --disable-syslog --log-timestamp=no --write-pid=no" ];
       };
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
rename to pkgs/servers/dns/pdns/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/version.patch b/pkgs/servers/dns/pdns/version.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/version.patch
rename to pkgs/servers/dns/pdns/version.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a793fa063f9..a196d7d053f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   polarssl = throw "'polarssl' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mbedtls'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   polysh = throw "polysh has been removed from nixpkgs as the upstream has abandoned the project"; # Added 2022-01-01
   poppler_qt5 = throw "'poppler_qt5' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.poppler'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
+  powerdns = pdns; # Added 2022-03-28
 
   # postgresql
   postgresql96 = postgresql_9_6;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ad9eae28faa..d2244bc3801 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23226,7 +23226,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   semodule-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/semodule-utils { };
 
-  powerdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/powerdns {
+  pdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/pdns {
     boost = boost172;
   };