diff --git a/incus.service b/incus.service
index 5f42773..90d8cfd 100644
--- a/incus.service
+++ b/incus.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Documentation=man:incusd(1)
 [Service]
 Environment=INCUS_DOCUMENTATION=/usr/share/doc/incus-doc/html
 Environment=INCUS_OVMF_PATH=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf
+Environment=INCUS_SOCKET=/run/incus/unix.socket
 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/incus/incusd --group incus-admin
 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/incus/incusd waitready --timeout=600
 KillMode=process