diff --git a/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index acb0c22ab61..be201786055 100644
--- a/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
             ''
               mkdir $out
               diskImage=$out/nixos.img
-              qemu-img create -f raw $diskImage "4G"
+              ${pkgs.vmTools.kvm}/bin/qemu-img create -f raw $diskImage "4G"
             '';
           buildInputs = [ pkgs.utillinux pkgs.perl ];
           exportReferencesGraph =