diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/hwinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/hwinfo/default.nix
index 610a8ab77606..7798a5903e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/hwinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/hwinfo/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, flex
-, libuuid
-, libx86emu
-, perl
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  flex,
+  libuuid,
+  libx86emu,
+  perl,
+  kmod,
+  systemdMinimal,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -37,15 +40,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace "/sbin" "/bin" --replace "/usr/" "/"
     substituteInPlace src/isdn/cdb/Makefile --replace "lex isdn_cdb.lex" "flex isdn_cdb.lex"
     substituteInPlace hwinfo.pc.in --replace "prefix=/usr" "prefix=$out"
+
+    # replace absolute paths with relative, we will prefix PATH later
+    substituteInPlace src/hd/hd_int.h \
+      --replace-fail "/sbin/modprobe" "${kmod}/bin/modprobe" \
+      --replace-fail "/sbin/rmmod" "${kmod}/bin/rmmod" \
+      --replace-fail "/usr/bin/udevinfo" "${systemdMinimal}/bin/udevinfo" \
+      --replace-fail "/usr/bin/udevadm" "${systemdMinimal}/bin/udevadm"
+
+    # check for leftover references to FHS binaries.
+    if grep /sbin /usr/bin src/hd/hd_int.h
+    then
+      echo "Santity check failed. The above lines should be replaced in src/hd/hd_int.h"
+      exit 1
+    fi
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [
-    "LIBDIR=/lib"
-  ];
+  makeFlags = [ "LIBDIR=/lib" ];
 
-  installFlags = [
-    "DESTDIR=$(out)"
-  ];
+  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Hardware detection tool from openSUSE";