diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/daemontools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/daemontools/default.nix
index f827b1c71a0e..d1689fe4829d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/daemontools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/daemontools/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     tar -xz --strip-components=2 -f ${man-pages}
     installManPage daemontools-man/*.8
     install -v -Dm644 daemontools-man/README $man/share/doc/daemontools/README.man
+    # fix svscanboot 
+    sed -i "s_/command/__"                    "$out/bin/svscanboot"
+    sed -i "s_/service_/var/service_g"        "$out/bin/svscanboot"
+    sed -i "s_^PATH=.*_PATH=$out/bin:\$PATH_" "$out/bin/svscanboot"
   '';
 
   # Keep README.man in the man output (see _multioutDocs())