diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
index ae3f186c1d0..7da49fa0aaa 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ in {
       '';
 
       script = ''
-        ${pkgs.jdk}/bin/java -jar ${pkgs.jenkins} --httpListenAddress=${cfg.listenAddress} \
+        ${pkgs.jdk}/bin/java -jar ${pkgs.jenkins}/lib/jenkins.war --httpListenAddress=${cfg.listenAddress} \
                                                   --httpPort=${toString cfg.port} \
                                                   --prefix=${cfg.prefix} \
                                                   ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraOptions}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
index 827fb4e05a5..cbc2b76d8ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "http://mirrors.jenkins-ci.org/war/${version}/jenkins.war";
     sha256 = "0x59dbvh6y25ki5jy51djbfbhf8g2j3yd9f3n66f7bkdfw8p78g1";
   };
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
+    cp "$src" "$out/lib/jenkins.war"
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An extendable open source continuous integration server";
     homepage = http://jenkins-ci.org;
@@ -15,6 +21,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.coconnor ];
   };
-
-  buildCommand = "cp $src $out";
 }