diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
index 25daf972b58..9ffe9fdea2c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ let
 
     collectd = [{
       enabled = false;
-      typesdb = "${pkgs.collectd}/share/collectd/types.db";
+      typesdb = "${pkgs.collectd-data}/share/collectd/types.db";
       database = "collectd_db";
       bind-address = ":25826";
     }];
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ in
         type = types.attrs;
       };
     };
-
   };
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/data.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/data.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb8c4cc7d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/data.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ stdenv, collectd }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit (collectd) meta version;
+
+  name = "collectd-data-${version}";
+
+  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/collectd
+    cp ${collectd}/share/collectd/*.{db,conf} $out/share/collectd/
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bab28228b1c..dd97b2152fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1386,6 +1386,8 @@ with pkgs;
     libsigrok = libsigrok-0-3-0; # not compatible with >= 0.4.0 yet
   };
 
+  collectd-data = callPackage ../tools/system/collectd/data.nix { };
+
   colormake = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/colormake { };
 
   cpuminer = callPackage ../tools/misc/cpuminer { };