diff --git a/modules/bitcoind.nix b/modules/bitcoind.nix
index 74f53cc..0afda87 100644
--- a/modules/bitcoind.nix
+++ b/modules/bitcoind.nix
@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ in {
         example = "tcp://127.0.0.1:28333";
         description = "ZMQ address for zmqpubrawtx notifications";
       };
+      cli = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        readOnly = true;
+        default = pkgs.writeScriptBin "bitcoin-cli" ''
+          exec ${cfg.package}/bin/bitcoin-cli -datadir='${cfg.dataDir}' "$@"
+        '';
+        description = "Binary to connect with the bitcoind instance.";
+      };
       enforceTor =  nix-bitcoin-services.enforceTor;
     };
   };
diff --git a/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix b/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix
index 01dede1..2b70120 100644
--- a/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix
+++ b/modules/nix-bitcoin.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ in {
     services.onion-chef.access.operator = [ "bitcoind" "clightning" "nginx" "liquidd" "spark-wallet" "electrs" "sshd" ];
 
     environment.interactiveShellInit = ''
-      alias bitcoin-cli='bitcoin-cli -datadir=${config.services.bitcoind.dataDir}'
       ${optionalString (config.services.clightning.enable) ''
         alias lightning-cli='sudo -u clightning lightning-cli --lightning-dir=${config.services.clightning.dataDir}'
       ''}
@@ -188,6 +187,7 @@ in {
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
       tor
       blockchains.bitcoind
+      (hiPrio config.services.bitcoind.cli)
       nodeinfo
       banlist
       jq