diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed/default.nix
index d8ccaebea8c..d6c06eca12f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 , dbus, dbus_glib
 , alsaLib
 , audiofile
-, eject
 , pkgconfig
 , gtk
 , gettext
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "18lxywmikanjr5pk1jdqda88dxd2579fpyd332xn4njjhlgwy5fp";
   };
 
-  patches = [ build_flags_patch ];
+  patches = [ build_flags_patch ./find-eject-in-path.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     pciutils
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     dbus
     alsaLib
     audiofile
-    eject
     dbus_glib
     pkgconfig
     gtk
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed/find-eject-in-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed/find-eject-in-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d021a0290ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pommed/find-eject-in-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur pommed-1.39-orig/pommed/cd_eject.c pommed-1.39/pommed/cd_eject.c
+--- pommed-1.39-orig/pommed/cd_eject.c	2011-06-02 05:24:05.000000000 -0400
++++ pommed-1.39/pommed/cd_eject.c	2012-03-20 14:25:33.397712520 -0400
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
+       for (fd = 3; fd < max_fd; fd++)
+ 	close(fd);
+ 
+-      execve("/usr/bin/eject", eject_argv, eject_envp);
++      execvpe("eject", eject_argv, eject_envp);
+ 
+       logmsg(LOG_ERR, "Could not execute eject: %s", strerror(errno));
+       exit(1);