diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix
index f0ce6e9648e3..72981284e2e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , lib
 , python3
 , toybox
+, coreutils
 }:
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "handheld-daemon";
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hidapi=${ hidapi }/lib/
     test -d $hidapi || { echo "ERROR: $hidapi doesn't exist, please update/fix this build expression."; exit 1; }
     sed -i -e "s|libhidapi|$hidapi/libhidapi|" src/hhd/controller/lib/hid.py
+
+    # The generated udev rules point to /bin/chroot, which does not exist in NixOS
+    chmod=${ coreutils }/bin/chmod
+    sed -i -e "s|/bin/chmod|$chmod|" src/hhd/controller/lib/hide.py
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''