diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/config/config.go b/cmd/system-probe/config/config.go
index 9dd09e3d9809e..f3a0cdba2a9b0 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/config/config.go
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ func load() (*types.Config, error) {
 	if cfg.GetBool(pngNS("enabled")) {
 		c.EnabledModules[PingModule] = struct{}{}
 	}
-	// TODO: add test
-	if cfg.GetBool(tracerouteNS("enabled")) || cfg.GetBool("network_path.connections_monitoring.enabled") {
+	if cfg.GetBool(tracerouteNS("enabled")) || cfg.GetBool(npNS("connections_monitoring.enabled")) {
 		c.EnabledModules[TracerouteModule] = struct{}{}
 	}
 	if cfg.GetBool(discoveryNS("enabled")) {
diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_test.go b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_test.go
index b4ba8f4ae22f0..091ba17cc9dab 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_test.go
@@ -113,3 +113,29 @@ func TestEnableDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, cfg.GetBool(discoveryNS("enabled")))
 	})
 }
+
+func TestNetworkPath(t *testing.T) {
+	mock.NewSystemProbe(t)
+
+	for i, tc := range []struct {
+		traceroute, connectionsMonitoring bool
+		usmEvents                         bool
+		enabled                           bool
+	}{
+		{traceroute: false, connectionsMonitoring: false, enabled: false},
+		{traceroute: true, connectionsMonitoring: false, enabled: true},
+		{traceroute: true, connectionsMonitoring: true, enabled: true},
+		{traceroute: false, connectionsMonitoring: true, enabled: true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("index_%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Logf("%+v\n", tc)
+			t.Setenv("DD_TRACEROUTE_ENABLED", strconv.FormatBool(tc.traceroute))
+			t.Setenv("DD_NETWORK_PATH_CONNECTIONS_MONITORING_ENABLED", strconv.FormatBool(tc.connectionsMonitoring))
+
+			cfg, err := New("/doesnotexist", "")
+			t.Logf("%+v\n", cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.enabled, cfg.ModuleIsEnabled(TracerouteModule))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/config/ns.go b/cmd/system-probe/config/ns.go
index 59f519ddb26d9..92d500f8dcb6a 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/config/ns.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/config/ns.go
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ func tracerouteNS(k ...string) string {
 	return NSkey("traceroute", k...)
 }
 
+// npNS adds `network_path` namespace to config key
+func npNS(k ...string) string {
+	return NSkey("network_path", k...)
+}
+
 // discoveryNS adds `discovery` namespace to config key
 func discoveryNS(k ...string) string {
 	return NSkey("discovery", k...)
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go b/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
index 166406736be11..243c4486f24a9 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const (
 	wcdNS                        = "windows_crash_detection"
 	pngNS                        = "ping"
 	tracerouteNS                 = "traceroute"
+	npNS                         = "network_path"
 	discoveryNS                  = "discovery"
 	gpuNS                        = "gpu_monitoring"
 	defaultConnsMessageBatchSize = 600
@@ -412,8 +413,9 @@ func InitSystemProbeConfig(cfg pkgconfigmodel.Config) {
 	// Ping
 	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(pngNS, "enabled"), false)
 
-	// Traceroute
+	// Traceroute / Network Path
 	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(tracerouteNS, "enabled"), false)
+	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(npNS, "connections_monitoring.enabled"), false)
 
 	// CCM config
 	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(ccmNS, "enabled"), false)