diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
index 677b884d1c6d..4155f345bc7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     1 a busybox() { '$out'/bin/busybox "$@"; }\
     logger() { '$out'/bin/logger "$@"; }\
     ' ${debianDispatcherScript} > ${outDispatchPath}
+    sed -i 's|/sbin/resolvconf|"$(busybox which resolvconf)"|g' ${outDispatchPath}
     chmod 555 ${outDispatchPath}
     HOST_PATH=$out/bin patchShebangs --host ${outDispatchPath}
   '';