diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
index 89a842023c8..239a285b20d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ in {
         PYTHONPATH = "${cfg.package}/libexec/netdata/python.d/python_modules";
       } // lib.optionalAttrs (!cfg.enableAnalyticsReporting) {
         DO_NOT_TRACK = "1";
+        NETDATA_PIPENAME = "/run/netdata/ipc";
       };
       restartTriggers = [
         config.environment.etc."netdata/netdata.conf".source
diff --git a/nixos/tests/netdata.nix b/nixos/tests/netdata.nix
index aea67c29d0d..c5f7294f79a 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/netdata.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     netdata =
       { pkgs, ... }:
         {
-          environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ curl jq ];
+          environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ curl jq netdata ];
           services.netdata.enable = true;
         };
     };
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     filter = '[.data[range(10)][.labels | indices("root")[0]]] | add | . > 0'
     cmd = f"curl -s {url} | jq -e '{filter}'"
     netdata.wait_until_succeeds(cmd)
+
+    # check if the control socket is available
+    netdata.succeed("sudo netdatacli ping")
   '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index 6c89a3d2e55..c99151299ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/netdata-claim.sh --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ openssl ]}
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/cgroup-network-helper.sh --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ bash ]}
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/netdatacli --set NETDATA_PIPENAME /run/netdata/ipc
   '';
 
   enableParallelBuild = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/ipc-socket-in-run.patch b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/ipc-socket-in-run.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a117955af09..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/ipc-socket-in-run.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/daemon/commands.h b/daemon/commands.h
-index bd4aabfe1cbe4..ce7eb3c730228 100644
---- a/daemon/commands.h
-+++ b/daemon/commands.h
-@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
- #ifdef _WIN32
- # define PIPENAME "\\\\?\\pipe\\netdata-cli"
- #else
--# define PIPENAME "/tmp/netdata-ipc"
-+# define PIPENAME "/run/netdata/ipc"
- #endif
- 
- #define MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH 4096