diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/default.nix
index 4c2520e43ba2..e3f6e3c623ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0gz6byjnnfn9acy40hcbyzdql4199xn0yvjx2cfjjjzd9kryjrxp";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./fix-shell-path.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [ go-bindata ];
 
   preBuild = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/fix-shell-path.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/fix-shell-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f71f9ed630c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/fix-shell-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/shells/bash.go b/shells/bash.go
+index 839b7781..2b478e1e 100644
+--- a/shells/bash.go
++++ b/shells/bash.go
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
+ 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner/common"
+ 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner/helpers"
+ 	"io"
++	"os/exec"
+ 	"path"
+ 	"runtime"
+ 	"strconv"
+@@ -208,7 +209,11 @@ func (b *BashShell) GetConfiguration(info common.ShellScriptInfo) (script *commo
+ 	if info.User != "" {
+ 		script.Command = "su"
+ 		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+-			script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, "-s", "/bin/"+b.Shell)
++			shellPath, err := exec.LookPath(b.Shell)
++			if err != nil {
++				shellPath = "/bin/"+b.Shell
++			}
++			script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, "-s", shellPath)
+ 		}
+ 		script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, info.User)
+ 		script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, "-c", shellCommand)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/v1-fix-shell-path.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/v1-fix-shell-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 612c9a51f281..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/v1-fix-shell-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/shells/bash.go b/shells/bash.go
-index c9c8b68..c97dbb5 100644
---- a/shells/bash.go
-+++ b/shells/bash.go
-@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (b *BashShell) GetConfiguration(info common.ShellScriptInfo) (script *commo
- 	if info.User != "" {
- 		script.Command = "su"
- 		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
--			script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, "-s", "/bin/"+b.Shell)
-+			script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, "-s", "/run/current-system/sw/bin/"+b.Shell)
- 		}
- 		script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, info.User)
- 		script.Arguments = append(script.Arguments, "-c", shellCommand)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/v1.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/v1.nix
index e0c3854740ab..d51a32705923 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/v1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner/v1.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 { lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitLab, fetchurl, go-bindata }:
 
 let
-  version = "1.11.2";
+  version = "1.11.4";
   # Gitlab runner embeds some docker images these are prebuilt for arm and x86_64
   docker_x86_64 = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gitlab-ci-multi-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/v${version}/docker/prebuilt-x86_64.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "08lacd2p7915y7yjnwkj2k0b0x4qj9kc53p7qgvmq8kdi31xnh4z";
+    sha256 = "1ijkzn8jkzx1dzxhkf17987ligyf758xzas6ysix5b781jnkdm8z";
   };
 
   docker_arm = fetchurl {
     url = "https://gitlab-ci-multi-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/v${version}/docker/prebuilt-arm.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0lzvx3jfy8493q8zkbs7kgm5a3jgsi3f2x25jwg4lx7agcwwsygw";
+    sha256 = "0sq2nndnkzqv2yjljg08xwa3ppddn6vqcivhfh43zwwmansvb9ha";
   };
 in
 buildGoPackage rec {
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     owner = "gitlab-org";
     repo = "gitlab-ci-multi-runner";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1sjvlb5981ykc8hr4kp1ibh9jw2wdjjp9zs2nqs9lpsav4nda5fr";
+    sha256 = "1pm88546cijmrrcvvrajp2g6rsrzxhy83cwwwky8jjkl5w4hhmz4";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./v1-fix-shell-path.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./fix-shell-path.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [ go-bindata ];