diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck/fsck-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck/fsck-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a49ac7ceb04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck/fsck-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/sbin/fsck/fsck.c b/sbin/fsck/fsck.c
+index 19e730a484f..176d614d986 100644
+--- a/sbin/fsck/fsck.c
++++ b/sbin/fsck/fsck.c
+@@ -308,18 +308,8 @@ checkfs(const char *vfstype, const char *spec, const char *mntpt, void *auxarg,
+ 			_exit(0);
+ 
+ 		/* Go find an executable. */
+-		edir = edirs;
+-		do {
+-			(void)snprintf(execname,
+-			    sizeof(execname), "%s/fsck_%s", *edir, vfstype);
+-			execv(execname, (char * const *)argv);
+-			if (errno != ENOENT) {
+-				if (spec)
+-					warn("exec %s for %s", execname, spec);
+-				else
+-					warn("exec %s", execname);
+-			}
+-		} while (*++edir != NULL);
++		(void)snprintf(execname, sizeof(execname), "fsck_%s", vfstype);
++		execvp(execname, (char * const *)argv);
+ 
+ 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ 			if (spec)
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck/package.nix
similarity index 61%
rename from pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck.nix
rename to pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck/package.nix
index c1afc90746ae..c7a9e307f932 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/openbsd/pkgs/fsck/package.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 { mkDerivation }:
 mkDerivation {
   path = "sbin/fsck";
+
+  patches = [ ./fsck-path.patch ];
 }