diff --git a/dnstap/dnstap.c b/dnstap/dnstap.c
index cc5449dff..bda837876 100644
--- a/dnstap/dnstap.c
+++ b/dnstap/dnstap.c
@@ -134,9 +134,15 @@ dt_create(struct config_file* cfg)
 
 	if(cfg->dnstap && cfg->dnstap_socket_path && cfg->dnstap_socket_path[0] &&
 		(cfg->dnstap_ip==NULL || cfg->dnstap_ip[0]==0)) {
+		char* p = fname_after_chroot(cfg->dnstap_socket_path, cfg, 1);
+		if(!p) {
+			log_err("malloc failure");
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		verbose(VERB_OPS, "attempting to connect to dnstap socket %s",
-			cfg->dnstap_socket_path);
-		check_socket_file(cfg->dnstap_socket_path);
+			p);
+		check_socket_file(p);
+		free(p);
 	}
 
 	env = (struct dt_env *) calloc(1, sizeof(struct dt_env));
diff --git a/dnstap/dtstream.c b/dnstap/dtstream.c
index 7c8a08604..63d517cb8 100644
--- a/dnstap/dtstream.c
+++ b/dnstap/dtstream.c
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ int dt_io_thread_apply_cfg(struct dt_io_thread* dtio, struct config_file *cfg)
 			return 0;
 		}
 		free(dtio->socket_path);
-		dtio->socket_path = strdup(cfg->dnstap_socket_path);
+		dtio->socket_path = fname_after_chroot(cfg->dnstap_socket_path,
+			cfg, 1);
 		if(!dtio->socket_path) {
 			log_err("dnstap setup: malloc failure");
 			return 0;
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 1923c17ad..37931d395 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	- Fix that dnstap reconnects do not spam the log with the repeated
 	  attempts.  Attempts on the timer are only logged on high verbosity,
 	  if they produce a connection failure error.
+	- Fix to apply chroot to dnstap-socket-path, if chroot is enabled.
 
 20 August 2020: Ralph
 	- Fix stats double count issue (#289).