diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a7408dc89c9c..c7920b55e5e9 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ added need to be added to $PATH the file "env.sh" has to be edited and the
 UML has to be recreated.
 
 Another option would be to enable networking in the UML and use nix-pull to
-get all the right packages, however this does not work yet.
+get all the right packages, however this does not work yet out of the box.
+A small trick is to symlink /bin/sh to the current version of "sh":
 
+# mkdir /bin
+# cd /bin
+# ln -s `which ssh` sh
 
-  Differences with a normal UML
-
-A lot of packages are still missing from the current UML. User management
-is completely lacking, init scripts and system configuration (/etc) are
-not there yet.
+We're looking for a more permanent solution to fix this.