diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix
index c1496e0dbc9e..d96feed73016 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/profile-sync-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, utillinux}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, utillinux, coreutils}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "6.35";
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # $HOME detection fails (and is unnecessary)
     sed -i '/^HOME/d' $out/bin/profile-sync-daemon
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/psd-overlay-helper \
-      --replace "PATH=/usr/bin:/bin" "PATH=${utillinux.bin}/bin"
+      --replace "PATH=/usr/bin:/bin" "PATH=${utillinux.bin}/bin:${coreutils}/bin" \
+      --replace "sudo " "/run/wrappers/bin/sudo " 
   '';
 
   preferLocalBuild = true;