diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
index 7ba08e7d9034..641945a5685a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/common.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@
 , fetchurl
 , pkg-config
 , util-linux
+, coreutils
 , libuuid
 , libaio
+, substituteAll
 , enableCmdlib ? false
 , enableDmeventd ? false
 , udevSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic, udev ? null
 , onlyLib ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , enableVDO ? false, vdo ? null
+, enableMdadm ? false, mdadm ? null
+, enableMultipath ? false, multipath-tools ? null
 , nixosTests
 }:
 
@@ -82,13 +86,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace make.tmpl.in --replace "@systemdsystemunitdir@" "$out/lib/systemd/system"
   '' + lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast version "2.03") ''
     substituteInPlace libdm/make.tmpl.in --replace "@systemdsystemunitdir@" "$out/lib/systemd/system"
+
+    substituteInPlace scripts/blk_availability_systemd_red_hat.service.in \
+      --replace '/usr/bin/true' '${coreutils}/bin/true'
   '';
 
   postConfigure = ''
     sed -i 's|^#define LVM_CONFIGURE_LINE.*$|#define LVM_CONFIGURE_LINE "<removed>"|g' ./include/configure.h
   '';
 
-  patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder version "2.03.15") [
+  patches = [
+    # fixes paths to and checks for tools
+    (substituteAll (let
+      optionalTool = cond: pkg: if cond then pkg else "/run/current-system/sw";
+    in {
+      src = ./fix-blkdeactivate.patch;
+      inherit coreutils;
+      util_linux = util-linux;
+      mdadm = optionalTool enableMdadm mdadm;
+      multipath_tools = optionalTool enableMultipath multipath-tools;
+      vdo = optionalTool enableVDO vdo;
+    }))
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder version "2.03.15") [
     # Musl fixes from Alpine.
     ./fix-stdio-usage.patch
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/fix-blkdeactivate.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/fix-blkdeactivate.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db8cfaeae9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/fix-blkdeactivate.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+diff --git a/scripts/blkdeactivate.sh.in b/scripts/blkdeactivate.sh.in
+index 7c517b87b..e51a33778 100644
+--- a/scripts/blkdeactivate.sh.in
++++ b/scripts/blkdeactivate.sh.in
+@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ TOOL=blkdeactivate
+ DEV_DIR="/dev"
+ SYS_BLK_DIR="/sys/block"
+ 
+-MDADM="/sbin/mdadm"
+-MOUNTPOINT="/bin/mountpoint"
+-MPATHD="/sbin/multipathd"
+-UMOUNT="/bin/umount"
+-VDO="/bin/vdo"
++MDADM="@mdadm@/bin/mdadm"
++MOUNTPOINT="@util_linux@/bin/mountpoint"
++MPATHD="@multipath_tools@/bin/multipathd"
++UMOUNT="@util_linux@/bin/umount"
++VDO="@vdo@/bin/vdo"
+ 
+ sbindir="@SBINDIR@"
+ DMSETUP="$sbindir/dmsetup"
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if "$UMOUNT" --help | grep -- "--all-targets" >"$DEV_DIR/null"; then
+ 	UMOUNT_OPTS="--all-targets "
+ else
+ 	UMOUNT_OPTS=""
+-	FINDMNT="/bin/findmnt -r --noheadings -u -o TARGET"
++	FINDMNT="@util_linux@/bin/findmnt -r --noheadings -u -o TARGET"
+ 	FINDMNT_READ="read -r mnt"
+ fi
+ DMSETUP_OPTS=""
+@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ MDADM_OPTS=""
+ MPATHD_OPTS=""
+ VDO_OPTS=""
+ 
+-LSBLK="/bin/lsblk -r --noheadings -o TYPE,KNAME,NAME,MOUNTPOINT"
++LSBLK="@util_linux@/bin/lsblk -r --noheadings -o TYPE,KNAME,NAME,MOUNTPOINT"
+ LSBLK_VARS="local devtype local kname local name local mnt"
+ LSBLK_READ="read -r devtype kname name mnt"
+-SORT_MNT="/bin/sort -r -u -k 4"
++SORT_MNT="@coreutils@/bin/sort -r -u -k 4"
+ 
+ # Do not show tool errors by default (only done/skipping summary
+ # message provided by this script) and no verbose mode by default.
+@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ declare -A SKIP_VG_LIST=()
+ # (list is an associative array!)
+ #
+ declare -A SKIP_UMOUNT_LIST=(["/"]=1 \
++                             ["/nix"]=1 ["/nix/store"]=1 \
+                              ["/lib"]=1 ["/lib64"]=1 \
+                              ["/bin"]=1 ["/sbin"]=1 \
+                              ["/var"]=1 ["/var/log"]=1 \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 59878c5e3fd0..b3793bda8b94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22878,6 +22878,10 @@ with pkgs;
     # which depends on lvm2 again.  But we only need the libudev part
     # which does not depend on cryptsetup.
     udev = systemdMinimal;
+    # break the cyclic dependency:
+    # util-linux (non-minimal) depends (optionally, but on by default) on systemd,
+    # systemd (optionally, but on by default) on cryptsetup and cryptsetup depends on lvm2
+    util-linux = util-linuxMinimal;
   };
   lvm2-2_02 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lvm2/2_02.nix {
     udev = systemdMinimal;