diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix
index 2d743035e14f..f9969fa79fdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mcelog/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, utillinux }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mcelog-${version}";
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     touch mcelog.conf.5 # avoid regeneration requiring Python
 
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace '"unknown"' '"${version}"'
+
+    for i in triggers/*; do
+      substituteInPlace $i --replace 'logger' '${utillinux}/bin/logger'
+    done
   '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5bc36f9b8286..ce7a23579eaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -908,7 +908,9 @@ in
 
   mstflint = callPackage ../tools/misc/mstflint { };
 
-  mcelog = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/mcelog { };
+  mcelog = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/mcelog {
+    utillinux = utillinuxMinimal;
+  };
 
   apparix = callPackage ../tools/misc/apparix { };