diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ in
           BusID "${pCfg.nvidiaBusId}"
           ${optionalString syncCfg.allowExternalGpu "Option \"AllowExternalGpus\""}
           ${optionalString cfg.powerManagement.finegrained "Option \"NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x02\""}
+          Option "SidebandSocketPath" "/run/nvidia-xdriver"
         '';
       screenSection =
         ''
@@ -340,7 +341,9 @@ in
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = optional config.virtualisation.docker.enableNvidia
         "L+ /run/nvidia-docker/bin - - - - ${nvidia_x11.bin}/origBin"
       ++ optional (nvidia_x11.persistenced != null && config.virtualisation.docker.enableNvidia)
-        "L+ /run/nvidia-docker/extras/bin/nvidia-persistenced - - - - ${nvidia_x11.persistenced}/origBin/nvidia-persistenced";
+        "L+ /run/nvidia-docker/extras/bin/nvidia-persistenced - - - - ${nvidia_x11.persistenced}/origBin/nvidia-persistenced"
+      ++ optional primeEnabled
+        "d /run/nvidia-xdriver 0770 root video";
 
     boot.extraModulePackages = [ nvidia_x11.bin ];