diff --git a/upstart-jobs/ejabberd.nix b/upstart-jobs/ejabberd.nix
index d7ab158af5d3..4b924af5dc47 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/ejabberd.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/ejabberd.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ in
 	    test -f ${cfg.confDir}/ejabberd.cfg || sed -e 's|{hosts, \["localhost"\]}.|{hosts, \[${cfg.virtualHosts}\]}.|' ${pkgs.ejabberd}/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg > ${cfg.confDir}/ejabberd.cfg
       end script
       
-      respawn ${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh -c 'export PATH=$PATH:${pkgs.ejabberd}/sbin; cd ~; ejabberdctl --logs ${cfg.logsDir} --spool ${cfg.spoolDir} --config ${cfg.confDir}/ejabberd.cfg start; sleep 1d'
+      respawn ${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh -c 'export PATH=$PATH:${pkgs.ejabberd}/sbin:${pkgs.coreutils}/bin:${pkgs.bash}/bin; cd ~; ejabberdctl --logs ${cfg.logsDir} --spool ${cfg.spoolDir} --config ${cfg.confDir}/ejabberd.cfg start; sleep 1d'
       
       stop script
           ${pkgs.ejabberd}/sbin/ejabberdctl stop