diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/0005-kmod-static-nodes.service-Don-t-require-lib-modules.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/0005-kmod-static-nodes.service-Don-t-require-lib-modules.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d4f39ea4a30..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/0005-kmod-static-nodes.service-Don-t-require-lib-modules.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From 18863cea3bdfad5f8b0581478ce4a39ede53b9d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:54:29 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 05/27] kmod-static-nodes.service: Don't require /lib/modules
-
----
- units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in | 1 -
- 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in b/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in
-index 0971edf9ec..7d150bf3d7 100644
---- a/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in
-+++ b/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in
-@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Description=Create list of static device nodes for the current kernel
- DefaultDependencies=no
- Before=sysinit.target systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
- ConditionCapability=CAP_SYS_MODULE
--ConditionFileNotEmpty=/lib/modules/%v/modules.devname
- 
- [Service]
- Type=oneshot
--- 
-2.24.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/0024-kmod-static-nodes.service-Update-ConditionFileNotEmpty.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/0024-kmod-static-nodes.service-Update-ConditionFileNotEmpty.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df16b52660bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/0024-kmod-static-nodes.service-Update-ConditionFileNotEmpty.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 7db89c2236158461c99fe5c5da7ddb7feab825cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de>
+Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 22:40:27 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] kmod-static-nodes.service: Update ConditionFileNotEmpty
+
+On NixOS, kernel modules of the currently booted systems are located at
+/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/%v/, not /lib/modules/%v/.
+---
+ units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in b/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in
+index 0971edf9ec..87105a87b9 100644
+--- a/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in
++++ b/units/kmod-static-nodes.service.in
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description=Create list of static device nodes for the current kernel
+ DefaultDependencies=no
+ Before=sysinit.target systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
+ ConditionCapability=CAP_SYS_MODULE
+-ConditionFileNotEmpty=/lib/modules/%v/modules.devname
++ConditionFileNotEmpty=/run/booted-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules/%v/modules.devname
+ 
+ [Service]
+ Type=oneshot
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 427c48a32e3b..c09db7e8ab0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ./0001-Start-device-units-for-uninitialised-encrypted-devic.patch
     ./0003-Don-t-try-to-unmount-nix-or-nix-store.patch
     ./0004-Fix-NixOS-containers.patch
-    ./0005-kmod-static-nodes.service-Don-t-require-lib-modules.patch
     ./0006-Look-for-fsck-in-the-right-place.patch
     ./0007-Add-some-NixOS-specific-unit-directories.patch
     ./0009-Get-rid-of-a-useless-message-in-user-sessions.patch
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ./0021-add-rootprefix-to-lookup-dir-paths.patch
     ./0022-systemd-shutdown-execute-scripts-in-etc-systemd-syst.patch
     ./0023-systemd-sleep-execute-scripts-in-etc-systemd-system-.patch
+    ./0024-kmod-static-nodes.service-Update-ConditionFileNotEmpty.patch
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "man" "dev" ];