diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/rdiff-backup/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/rdiff-backup/default.nix
index 441c37c5f7d..47db1a5d4b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/rdiff-backup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/rdiff-backup/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     python ./setup.py install --prefix=$out
     sed -i $out/bin/rdiff-backup -e \
       "/import sys/ asys.path += [ \"$out/lib/python2.7/site-packages/\" ]"
+    sed -i $out/bin/rdiff-backup-statistics -e \
+      "/import .*sys/ asys.path += [ \"$out/lib/python2.7/site-packages/\" ]"
   '';
 
   buildInputs = [ python librsync gnused ];