diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
index 2311b0d2fec..fffdc85d2bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ rec {
       buildCommand = ''
         ${createRootFS}
 
-        PATH=$PATH:${dpkg}/bin:${dpkg}/bin:${glibc.bin}/bin:${lzma}/bin
+        PATH=$PATH:${dpkg}/bin:${dpkg}/bin:${glibc.bin}/bin:${lzma.bin}/bin
 
         # Unpack the .debs.  We do this to prevent pre-install scripts
         # (which have lots of circular dependencies) from barfing.