diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nzbget.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nzbget.nix
index a2726d4550090b..4738baf6d3e5c2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nzbget.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nzbget.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 let
   cfg = config.services.nzbget;
-  pkg = pkgs.nzbget;
   stateDir = "/var/lib/nzbget";
   configFile = "${stateDir}/nzbget.conf";
   configOpts = lib.concatStringsSep " " (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: "-o ${name}=${lib.escapeShellArg (toStr value)}") cfg.settings);
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ in
     services.nzbget = {
       enable = lib.mkEnableOption "NZBGet, for downloading files from news servers";
 
+      package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "nzbget" { };
+
       user = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.str;
         default = "nzbget";
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ in
       InfoTarget = "screen";
       DetailTarget = "screen";
       # required paths
-      ConfigTemplate = "${pkg}/share/nzbget/nzbget.conf";
-      WebDir = "${pkg}/share/nzbget/webui";
+      ConfigTemplate = "${cfg.package}/share/nzbget/nzbget.conf";
+      WebDir = "${cfg.package}/share/nzbget/webui";
       # nixos handles package updates
       UpdateCheck = "none";
     };
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ in
 
       preStart = ''
         if [ ! -f ${configFile} ]; then
-          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -m 0700 ${pkg}/share/nzbget/nzbget.conf ${configFile}
+          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/install -m 0700 ${cfg.package}/share/nzbget/nzbget.conf ${configFile}
         fi
       '';
 
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@ in
         Group = cfg.group;
         UMask = "0002";
         Restart = "on-failure";
-        ExecStart = "${pkg}/bin/nzbget --server --configfile ${stateDir}/nzbget.conf ${configOpts}";
-        ExecStop = "${pkg}/bin/nzbget --quit";
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/nzbget --server --configfile ${stateDir}/nzbget.conf ${configOpts}";
+        ExecStop = "${cfg.package}/bin/nzbget --quit";
       };
     };