diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nova/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nova/default.nix
index db4a41609166..9967420a3ee0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nova/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/nova/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       # Install the certificate generation script.
       cp CA/genrootca.sh $out/libexec/nova/
       cp CA/openssl.cnf.tmpl $out/libexec/nova/
+
+      ln -s /etc/nova/nova.conf $out/libexec/nova/
     '';
 
   doCheck = false; # !!! fix