diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/munin/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/munin/default.nix
index 4d3065b6542c..51eda757e3c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/munin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/munin/default.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
+    echo "Removing references to /usr/{bin,sbin}/ from munin plugins..."
+    find "$out/lib/plugins" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -L1 sed -i -e "s|/usr/bin/||g" -e "s|/usr/sbin/||g"
+
     if test -e $out/nix-support/propagated-native-build-inputs; then
         ln -s $out/nix-support/propagated-native-build-inputs $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
     fi