diff --git a/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/Makefile b/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/Makefile
index 874471a9b7e3..4269b5d4d9fe 100644
--- a/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/Makefile
+++ b/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/Makefile
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = https://github.com/codemonauts/activebackup-prometheus-exporter
 LICENSE  = MIT
 
 SERVICE_SETUP = src/service-setup.sh
+SERVICE_PORT=9763
 
 include ../../mk/spksrc.spk.mk
diff --git a/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/src/service-setup.sh b/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/src/service-setup.sh
index 778088673f92..fe8a6e59a95b 100644
--- a/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/src/service-setup.sh
+++ b/spk/activebackup-prometheus-exporter/src/service-setup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 AB_EXPORTER="${SYNOPKG_PKGDEST}/bin/activebackup-prometheus-exporter"
-SERVICE_COMMAND="${AB_EXPORTER}"
-SERVICE_PORT=9763
+SERVICE_COMMAND="${AB_EXPORTER} -port ${SERVICE_PORT}"
 SVC_BACKGROUND=y
 SVC_WRITE_PID=y