diff --git a/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in b/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
index 7f19f80148..dc695be82f 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if test -n "$HOME"; then
     if ! test -L "$NIX_LINK"; then
         echo "creating $NIX_LINK"
         _NIX_DEF_LINK=@localstatedir@/nix/profiles/default
-        ln -s "$_NIX_DEF_LINK" "$NIX_LINK"
+        @coreutils@/ln -s "$_NIX_DEF_LINK" "$NIX_LINK"
     fi
 
     export PATH=$NIX_LINK/bin:@prefix@/bin:$PATH