diff --git a/modules/config/system-path.nix b/modules/config/system-path.nix
index d90747324189..7e04af21997e 100644
--- a/modules/config/system-path.nix
+++ b/modules/config/system-path.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ let
       pkgs.cpio
       pkgs.curl
       pkgs.diffutils
-      pkgs.e2fsprogs
       pkgs.eject # HAL depends on it anyway
       pkgs.findutils
       pkgs.gawk
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ let
       pkgs.pciutils
       pkgs.perl
       pkgs.procps
-      pkgs.reiserfsprogs
       pkgs.rsync
       pkgs.seccure
       pkgs.strace
diff --git a/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix b/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
index 791ecccf4c88..387a093ee696 100644
--- a/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
+++ b/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 with pkgs.lib;
 
+let
+
+  # Packages that provide fsck backends.
+  fsPackages = [ pkgs.e2fsprogs pkgs.reiserfsprogs ];
+
+in
+
 {
 
   ###### interface
@@ -119,7 +126,9 @@ with pkgs.lib;
   config = {
 
     # Add the mount helpers to the system path so that `mount' can find them.
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ntfs3g pkgs.cifs_utils pkgs.nfsUtils pkgs.mountall ];
+    environment.systemPackages =
+      [ pkgs.ntfs3g pkgs.cifs_utils pkgs.nfsUtils pkgs.mountall ]
+      ++ fsPackages;
     
     environment.etc = singleton
       { source = pkgs.writeText "fstab"
@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
         script =
           ''
             exec > /dev/console 2>&1
-            export PATH=${config.system.sbin.mount}/bin:${pkgs.utillinux}/sbin:$PATH
+            export PATH=${config.system.sbin.mount}/bin:${makeSearchPath "sbin" ([pkgs.utillinux] ++ fsPackages)}:$PATH
             ${pkgs.mountall}/sbin/mountall --verbose --debug
             echo DONE
           '';