diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix
index 68cd7423b3d..ae928fa2d4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's|/bin/cat|cat|' ./src/repository.cpp
     qmake
     make CXXFLAGS='-I${apr}/include/apr-1 -I${subversion}/include/subversion-1 -DVER="\"${src.rev}\""'
   '';