diff --git a/debian/dovecot-exporter.default b/debian/dovecot-exporter.default
index 731780a27923e4ed3bb24496e24f62d850364430..6e6a481390ad8b94dc4edf45d03fe5cfb21a3738 100644
--- a/debian/dovecot-exporter.default
+++ b/debian/dovecot-exporter.default
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ADDR=:9166
 SCOPES=global
+DOVECOT_SOCKET=/var/run/dovecot/old-stats
diff --git a/debian/dovecot-exporter.service b/debian/dovecot-exporter.service
index e2fe4e07b8263279acdb84f6b67ea7d21bec7f98..bfdcbc727001ce6c7f2fb0d126d030aae1620daa 100644
--- a/debian/dovecot-exporter.service
+++ b/debian/dovecot-exporter.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=dovecot.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/dovecot-exporter
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/dovecot-exporter --dovecot.scopes $SCOPES --web.listen-address $ADDR
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dovecot-exporter --dovecot.scopes $SCOPES --web.listen-address $ADDR --dovecot.socket-path $DOVECOT_SOCKET
 Restart=on-failure
 User=dovecot