diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/builder.sh
index ad924089c19..06a6afaa693 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/builder.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ preBuild() {
       < etc/hotplug/pci.rc > etc/hotplug/pci.rc.tmp
   mv etc/hotplug/pci.rc.tmp etc/hotplug/pci.rc
 
+  sed -e "s^@gnused\@^$gnused^g" \
+      < etc/hotplug/usb.agent > etc/hotplug/usb.agent.tmp
+  mv etc/hotplug/usb.agent.tmp etc/hotplug/usb.agent
+
   sed -e "s^@coreutils\@^$coreutils^g" \
       -e "s^@gnugrep\@^$gnugrep^g" \
       -e "s^@utillinux\@^$utillinux^g" \
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-2004_03_29-bash.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-2004_03_29-bash.patch
index 917daa90ac0..8d072d702c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-2004_03_29-bash.patch
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hotplug/hotplug-2004_03_29-bash.patch
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/dasd.permissions hotplug-2004_03_29.new
 +}
 diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions
 --- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions	2004-03-29 21:25:59.000000000 +0200
-+++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions	2006-01-05 18:48:13.000000000 +0100
++++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions	2006-01-05 20:29:47.000000000 +0100
 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  # DEBUG=yes; export DEBUG
  PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
@@ -77,6 +77,34 @@ diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/tape.permissions hotplug-2004_03_29.new
  #
  # Copyright (c) 2002 IBM Development Germany, Boeblingen
  #
+diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.agent hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.agent
+--- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.agent	2004-03-26 23:36:38.000000000 +0100
++++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.agent	2006-01-05 20:38:35.000000000 +0100
+@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
+     # work around 2.2.early brokenness
+     # munges the usb_bcdDevice such that it is a integer rather
+     # than a float: e.g. 1.0 become 0100
+-    PRODUCT=`echo $PRODUCT | sed -e "s+\.\([0-9]\)$+.\10+" -e "s/\.$/00/" \
++    PRODUCT=`echo $PRODUCT | @gnused@/bin/sed -e "s+\.\([0-9]\)$+.\10+" -e "s/\.$/00/" \
+                                   -e "s+/\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9][0-9]\)+/0\1\2+" \
+ 			  -e "s+/\([0-9][0-9]\)\.\([0-9][0-9]\)+/\1\2+"`
+-    set $(echo $PRODUCT | sed -e 's+\([^/]*\)/\([^/]*\)/\(.*\)+\1 \2 \3+')
++    set $(echo $PRODUCT | @gnused@/bin/sed -e 's+\([^/]*\)/\([^/]*\)/\(.*\)+\1 \2 \3+')
+     usb_idVendor=$((0x$1))
+     usb_idProduct=$((0x$2))
+     usb_bcdDevice=$((0x$3))
+@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@
+ # remover, or that the remove action can use to execute a remover.
+ #
+ if [ "$DEVICE" = "" ]; then
+-  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo "$INTERFACE/$PRODUCT/$TYPE" | sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
++  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo "$INTERFACE/$PRODUCT/$TYPE" | @gnused@/bin/sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
+ else
+-  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo $DEVICE | sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
++  REMOVER=/var/run/usb/`echo $DEVICE | @gnused@/bin/sed -e 's;/;%;g'`
+ fi
+ export REMOVER
+ 
 diff -ruN hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.rc hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.rc
 --- hotplug-2004_03_29/etc/hotplug/usb.rc	2004-03-29 21:34:30.000000000 +0200
 +++ hotplug-2004_03_29.new/etc/hotplug/usb.rc	2006-01-05 20:26:21.000000000 +0100