diff --git a/system/upstart.nix b/system/upstart.nix
index 194b6bdb8e18..68dc1e730c3d 100644
--- a/system/upstart.nix
+++ b/system/upstart.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import ../upstart-jobs/gather.nix {
     # Nix daemon - required for multi-user Nix.
     (import ../upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix {
       inherit nix;
+      inherit (pkgs) openssl;
     })
 
     # Cron daemon.
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix b/upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix
index d761bcd85a98..acf85c70c9c0 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{nix}:
+{nix, openssl}:
 
 {
   name = "nix-daemon";
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
     start on startup
     stop on shutdown
     env NIX_CONF_DIR=/nix/etc/nix
-    respawn ${nix}/bin/nix-worker --daemon > /dev/null 2>&1
+    respawn
+    script
+        export PATH=${openssl}/bin:$PATH
+        exec ${nix}/bin/nix-worker --daemon > /dev/null 2>&1
+    end script
   ";
 
 }