diff --git a/templates/systemd/prometheus-memcached-exporter.service.j2 b/templates/systemd/prometheus-memcached-exporter.service.j2
index 0306d13..47dacec 100644
--- a/templates/systemd/prometheus-memcached-exporter.service.j2
+++ b/templates/systemd/prometheus-memcached-exporter.service.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/prometheus-memcached-exporter
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/prometheus-memcached-exporter {% if prometheus_memcached_socket_path is defined %}--memcached.address="{{ prometheus_memcached_socket_path }}"{% endif %}
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target