diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index 85c6da871..7b7b6fe26 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function setFlakeAttribute() {
         fi
 
         if [[ -v configFlake ]]; then
-            FLAKE_ARG="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$configFlake")")"
+            FLAKE_ARG="path:$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$configFlake")")"
         fi
     fi