diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fancontrol.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fancontrol.nix
index dd3cd54cc31c..882eea001b39 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fancontrol.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fancontrol.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in
 
       serviceConfig = {
         Restart = "on-failure";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.lm_sensors}/sbin/fancontrol ${configFile}";
+        ExecStart = "${lib.getExe' pkgs.lm_sensors "fancontrol"} ${configFile}";
       };
     };