diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix
index 8d9b6f6311fd..9e286ba3b703 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/expect/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   #  substituteInPlace exp_inter.c --replace tcl.h tclInt.h
   #'';
 
+  coreutils = stdenv.coreutils;
+  patchPhase = '' sed -i "s@/bin/stty@$coreutils/bin/stty@" configure '';
+  
   configureFlags = "--with-tcl=${tcl}/lib --with-tclinclude=${tcl}/include";
 
   meta = {