diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
index 489dd337bb7c..5c6cbd33899d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ in {
       description = "Real time performance monitoring";
       after = [ "network.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      path = (with pkgs; [ curl gawk iproute2 which procps ])
+      path = (with pkgs; [ curl gawk iproute2 which procps bash ])
         ++ lib.optional cfg.python.enable (pkgs.python3.withPackages cfg.python.extraPackages)
         ++ lib.optional config.virtualisation.libvirtd.enable (config.virtualisation.libvirtd.package);
       environment = {