diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index d31253075c9d..2e7b24af131d 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -170,8 +170,9 @@ rec {
   };
 
   bootstrapFiles = {
-    busybox = "${build}/on-server/busybox";
-    bootstrapTools = "${build}/on-server/bootstrap-tools.tar.xz";
+    # Make them their own store paths to test that busybox still works when the binary is named /nix/store/HASH-busybox
+    busybox = runCommand "busybox" {} "cp ${build}/on-server/busybox $out";
+    bootstrapTools = runCommand "bootstrap-tools.tar.xz" {} "cp ${build}/on-server/bootstrap-tools.tar.xz $out";
   };
 
   bootstrapTools = import ./bootstrap-tools { inherit system bootstrapFiles; };