diff --git a/home-manager/default.nix b/home-manager/default.nix
index d00edbfbd..a037c023f 100644
--- a/home-manager/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs }:
+{ pkgs, modulesPath ? "$HOME/.nixpkgs/home-manager/modules" }:
 
 let
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     substituteInPlace $out/bin/home-manager \
       --subst-var-by bash "${pkgs.bash}" \
+      --subst-var-by MODULES_PATH '${modulesPath}' \
       --subst-var-by HOME_MANAGER_EXPR_PATH "${homeManagerExpr}"
   '';
 
diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index 440527901..f50dc446e 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function doRebuild() {
 
     nix-build --show-trace \
         "@HOME_MANAGER_EXPR_PATH@" \
-        --argstr modulesPath "$HOME/.nixpkgs/home-manager/modules" \
+        --argstr modulesPath "@MODULES_PATH@" \
         --argstr confPath "$confFile" \
         -A activation-script \
         -o "$wrkdir/generation"