diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ca63c80..ca74040 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@
         };
     in
     {
+      # Overlay attribute is `frigate-sparrowwallet` rather than the plain
+      # `frigate` to avoid silently colliding with nixpkgs's unrelated
+      # `pkgs.frigate` (blakeblackshear/frigate, an NVR camera). The module
+      # reads this name; consumers wanting overlay-based overrides set
+      # `frigate-sparrowwallet` in their own overlay too.
       overlays.default = final: _prev: {
-        frigate = final.callPackage ./pkgs/frigate/package.nix { };
+        frigate-sparrowwallet = final.callPackage ./pkgs/frigate/package.nix { };
       };
 
       packages = forAllSystems (
@@ -47,8 +52,8 @@
           pkgs = pkgsFor system;
         in
         {
-          frigate = pkgs.frigate;
-          default = pkgs.frigate;
+          frigate = pkgs.frigate-sparrowwallet;
+          default = pkgs.frigate-sparrowwallet;
 
           # frigate-bench: measure bitcoind RPC cost with frigate's actual
           # call patterns and HTTP keep-alive (no fresh-curl-per-call TCP
diff --git a/modules/frigate.nix b/modules/frigate.nix
index de0376e..1977f60 100644
--- a/modules/frigate.nix
+++ b/modules/frigate.nix
@@ -84,15 +84,21 @@ in
 
     package = mkOption {
       type = types.package;
-      default = pkgs.frigate or (pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs/frigate/package.nix { });
-      defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.frigate or (pkgs.callPackage \"\${roost}/pkgs/frigate/package.nix\" { })";
+      default = pkgs.frigate-sparrowwallet or (pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs/frigate/package.nix { });
+      defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.frigate-sparrowwallet or (pkgs.callPackage \"\${roost}/pkgs/frigate/package.nix\" { })";
       description = ''
-        Frigate package to use. Defaults to `pkgs.frigate` if defined
-        (e.g. via `roost.overlays.default` or a consumer overlay),
-        otherwise to a fresh callPackage of `pkgs/frigate/package.nix`
-        from this flake — so the standard Nix override paths
-        (overlay, this option, or a downstream package fork) all
-        compose.
+        Frigate package to use. Resolves to `pkgs.frigate-sparrowwallet`
+        when defined (e.g. via `roost.overlays.default` or a consumer
+        overlay), otherwise falls back to a fresh callPackage of
+        `pkgs/frigate/package.nix` from this flake. The non-standard
+        attribute name avoids a collision with nixpkgs's unrelated
+        `pkgs.frigate` (blakeblackshear/frigate, an NVR camera) — using
+        the plain `frigate` name would silently resolve to that
+        derivation for any consumer not applying roost's overlay.
+
+        All three standard override paths still compose: a consumer
+        overlay defining `pkgs.frigate-sparrowwallet`, this option, or
+        a downstream fork of `pkgs/frigate/package.nix`.
       '';
     };