diff --git a/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix
index f79efd4970b4..a77e1c538737 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/nix/default.nix
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "fc3a24f72760e357ac29935b2aebce0b";
   };
   buildInputs = [aterm bdb perl curl];
+  patches = [./nix-profile-0.9.2.patch];
   inherit storeDir stateDir aterm bdb;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/nix/nix-profile-0.9.2.patch b/pkgs/misc/nix/nix-profile-0.9.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9acc802a2a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/nix/nix-profile-0.9.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN nix-0.9.2/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in nix-0.9.2.new/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
+--- nix-0.9.2/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in	2005-09-21 20:29:43.000000000 +0200
++++ nix-0.9.2.new/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in	2005-10-11 18:44:57.000000000 +0200
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+     if ! test -L "$NIX_LINK"; then
+         echo "creating $NIX_LINK"
+         _NIX_DEF_LINK=@localstatedir@/nix/profiles/default
+-        ln -s "$_NIX_DEF_LINK" "$NIX_LINK"
++        @coreutils@/ln -s "$_NIX_DEF_LINK" "$NIX_LINK"
+     fi
+ 
+     export PATH=$NIX_LINK/bin:@prefix@/bin:$PATH