diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
index 063b0375fc7..ac87870eb59 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, binutils, popt, zlib, pkgconfig, linuxHeaders
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, binutils, popt, zlib, pkgconfig, linuxHeaders, coreutils
 , libiberty_static, withGUI ? false , qt4 ? null}:
 
 # libX11 is needed because the Qt build stuff automatically adds `-lX11'.
 assert withGUI -> qt4 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "oprofile-1.1.0";
+  name = "oprofile-1.2.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/oprofile/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0v1nn38h227bgxjwqf22rjp2iqgjm4ls3gckzifks0x6w5nrlxfg";
+    sha256 = "0zd5ih6gmm1pkqavd9laa93iff7qv5jkbfjznhlyxl5p826gk5gb";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace opjitconv/opjitconv.c \
+      --replace "/bin/rm" "${coreutils}/bin/rm" \
+      --replace "/bin/cp" "${coreutils}/bin/cp"
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [ binutils zlib popt pkgconfig linuxHeaders libiberty_static ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withGUI [ qt4 ];