diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/MAKEDEV-wrapper/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/MAKEDEV-wrapper/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..030ef1cbc708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/MAKEDEV-wrapper/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir "$(dirname $out/dev/MAKEDEV)"
+ensureDir "$(dirname $out/sbin/MAKEDEV)"
+
+cat > $out/dev/MAKEDEV << END
+#! $SHELL -e
+exec $MAKEDEV/dev/MAKEDEV -c $MAKEDEV/etc/makedev.d/ "\$@"
+END
+
+chmod +x $out/dev/MAKEDEV
+ln -s $out/dev/MAKEDEV $out/sbin/MAKEDEV
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/MAKEDEV-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/MAKEDEV-wrapper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4b07ed3b490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/MAKEDEV-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, MAKEDEV}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = MAKEDEV.name;
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  inherit MAKEDEV;
+}