diff --git a/builtin/audit/socket/backend.go b/builtin/audit/socket/backend.go
index 6e572e408b..e424fd7098 100644
--- a/builtin/audit/socket/backend.go
+++ b/builtin/audit/socket/backend.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func Factory(_ context.Context, conf *audit.BackendConfig, headersConfig audit.H
 
 	opts := []audit.Option{
 		audit.WithHeaderFormatter(headersConfig),
+		audit.WithPrefix(conf.Config["prefix"]),
 	}
 
 	err = b.configureFormatterNode(cfg, opts...)
diff --git a/changelog/25004.txt b/changelog/25004.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9836a6f26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/25004.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+audit/socket: Provide socket based audit backends with 'prefix' configuration option when supplied.
+```
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