diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/veracity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/veracity/default.nix
index 50ad249c14b5..a39c2a2d1ed0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/veracity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/veracity/default.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ rec {
   '') ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"];
 
   prepareMakefiles = a.fullDepEntry ''
+    sed -e 's@ /bin/uname @ uname @g' -i CMakeLists.txt
     cd ..
     mkdir build
     cd build