diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
index 4c2a7b241b7f..ac87870eb590 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, binutils, popt, zlib, pkgconfig, linuxHeaders
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, binutils, popt, zlib, pkgconfig, linuxHeaders, coreutils
 , libiberty_static, withGUI ? false , qt4 ? null}:
 
 # libX11 is needed because the Qt build stuff automatically adds `-lX11'.
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0zd5ih6gmm1pkqavd9laa93iff7qv5jkbfjznhlyxl5p826gk5gb";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace opjitconv/opjitconv.c \
+      --replace "/bin/rm" "${coreutils}/bin/rm" \
+      --replace "/bin/cp" "${coreutils}/bin/cp"
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [ binutils zlib popt pkgconfig linuxHeaders libiberty_static ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withGUI [ qt4 ];