diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix
index 20a1777f3cc..5971a5a250d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ssh/sshd.nix
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ in
 
             serviceConfig =
               { ExecStart =
-                  "${cfgc.package}/sbin/sshd " + (optionalString cfg.startWhenNeeded "-i ") +
+                  "${cfgc.package}/bin/sshd " + (optionalString cfg.startWhenNeeded "-i ") +
                   "-f ${pkgs.writeText "sshd_config" cfg.extraConfig}";
                 KillMode = "process";
               } // (if cfg.startWhenNeeded then {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index 4d3ffb1257f..f2a7642ea55 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # I set --disable-strip because later we strip anyway. And it fails to strip
   # properly when cross building.
   configureFlags = [
+    "--sbindir=\${out}/bin"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--with-pid-dir=/run"
     "--with-mantype=man"