diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/zabbix-proxy.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/zabbix-proxy.nix
index 9cfcd1697c11..90abed30db5d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/zabbix-proxy.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/zabbix-proxy.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ in
 
         name = mkOption {
           type = types.str;
-          default = "zabbix";
+          default = if cfg.database.type == "sqlite" then "${stateDir}/zabbix.db" else "zabbix";
+          defaultText = "zabbix";
           description = "Database name.";
         };
 
@@ -261,17 +262,17 @@ in
       preStart = optionalString pgsqlLocal ''
         if ! test -e "${stateDir}/db-created"; then
           cat ${cfg.package}/share/zabbix/database/postgresql/schema.sql | ${pgsql.package}/bin/psql ${cfg.database.name}
-          cat ${cfg.package}/share/zabbix/database/postgresql/images.sql | ${pgsql.package}/bin/psql ${cfg.database.name}
-          cat ${cfg.package}/share/zabbix/database/postgresql/data.sql | ${pgsql.package}/bin/psql ${cfg.database.name}
           touch "${stateDir}/db-created"
         fi
       '' + optionalString mysqlLocal ''
         if ! test -e "${stateDir}/db-created"; then
           cat ${cfg.package}/share/zabbix/database/mysql/schema.sql | ${mysql.package}/bin/mysql ${cfg.database.name}
-          cat ${cfg.package}/share/zabbix/database/mysql/images.sql | ${mysql.package}/bin/mysql ${cfg.database.name}
-          cat ${cfg.package}/share/zabbix/database/mysql/data.sql | ${mysql.package}/bin/mysql ${cfg.database.name}
           touch "${stateDir}/db-created"
         fi
+      '' + optionalString (cfg.database.type == "sqlite") ''
+        if ! test -e "${cfg.database.name}"; then
+          ${pkgs.sqlite}/bin/sqlite3 "${cfg.database.name}" < ${cfg.package}/share/zabbix/database/sqlite3/schema.sql
+        fi
       '' + optionalString (cfg.database.passwordFile != null) ''
         # create a copy of the supplied password file in a format zabbix can consume
         touch ${passwordFile}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
index 2062dc6659f8..48b72dc0590d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/zabbix/proxy.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ in
         mkdir -p $out/share/zabbix/database/
       '' + optionalString sqliteSupport ''
         mkdir -p $out/share/zabbix/database/sqlite3
-        cp -prvd database/sqlite3/*.sql $out/share/zabbix/database/sqlite3/
+        cp -prvd database/sqlite3/schema.sql $out/share/zabbix/database/sqlite3/
+      '' + optionalString mysqlSupport ''
+        mkdir -p $out/share/zabbix/database/mysql
+        cp -prvd database/mysql/schema.sql $out/share/zabbix/database/mysql/
       '' + optionalString postgresqlSupport ''
         mkdir -p $out/share/zabbix/database/postgresql
         cp -prvd database/postgresql/schema.sql $out/share/zabbix/database/postgresql/