diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix
index 81c3d2ae1d6..3b60564d34e 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ let {
            * binutils is on the path because it contains dlltool, which
            * is invoked on the PATH by some packages.
            */
-          initialPath = [make binutils gccCore gccCpp mingwRuntimeSrc w32apiSrc msys];
+          initialPath = [make binutils gccCore gccCpp mingwRuntimeSrc w32apiSrc replace msys];
           gcc = gccCore;
           shell = msysShell;
           inherit curl;
@@ -223,4 +223,10 @@ let {
       stdenv = stdenvInit3;
       inherit fetchurl;
     };
+
+  replace =
+    (import ./pkgs).replace {
+      stdenv = stdenvInit3;
+      inherit fetchurl;
+    };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix
index 0f51aeb85f9..6c843e8d394 100755
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/mingw/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ rec {
         };
     };
 
+  replace = {stdenv, fetchurl} :
+    import ../../../tools/text/replace {
+      inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    };
+
   /*
   pkgs.coreutils
   pkgs.findutils