diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..050ca2d2a980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+installPhase() {
+   make install
+   cd lib/uuid; make install
+}
+
+installPhase=installPhase
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index 99873ed031a8..561eaab7a88e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "e2fsprogs-1.36";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/e2fsprogs-1.36.tar.gz;
     md5 = "1804ee96b76e5e7113fe3cecd6fe582b";