diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76bce393c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+#. $makeWrapper
+
+ensureDir "$(dirname $out)"
+ensureDir "$(dirname $out/sbin/mingetty)"
+
+cat > $out/sbin/mingetty << END
+#! $SHELL -e
+exec $mingetty/sbin/mingetty --loginprog=$shadowutils/bin/login "\$@"
+END
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/default.nix
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index 00000000000..4470c87c4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/default.nix
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+{stdenv, mingetty, shadowutils}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = mingetty.name;
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  makeWrapper = ../../../build-support/make-wrapper/make-wrapper.sh;
+
+  inherit mingetty shadowutils;
+
+}