diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix
index a0e4bd558e0..6c4014fc4a1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-guest.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ in
 
         unitConfig.ConditionVirtualization = "oracle";
 
-        serviceConfig.ExecStart = "@${kernel.virtualboxGuestAdditions}/sbin/VBoxService VBoxService --foreground";
+        serviceConfig.ExecStart = "@${kernel.virtualboxGuestAdditions}/bin/VBoxService VBoxService --foreground";
       };
 
     services.xserver.videoDrivers = mkOverride 50 [ "virtualbox" ];
diff --git a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
index f94d219aba6..4895eb134dc 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let
         #!${pkgs.stdenv.shell} -xe
         export PATH="${pkgs.coreutils}/bin:${pkgs.utillinux}/bin"
 
-        ${pkgs.linuxPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions}/sbin/VBoxService
+        ${pkgs.linuxPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions}/bin/VBoxService
         ${(attrs.vmScript or (const "")) pkgs}
 
         i=0
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let
     ];
 
     boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands = ''
-      copy_bin_and_libs "${pkgs.linuxPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions}/sbin/mount.vboxsf"
+      copy_bin_and_libs "${pkgs.linuxPackages.virtualboxGuestAdditions}/bin/mount.vboxsf"
       copy_bin_and_libs "${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/unshare"
       ${(attrs.extraUtilsCommands or (const "")) pkgs}
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
index ac447fd50d3..6bf0ef2e825 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i -e "s|/usr/bin|$out/bin|" bin/VBoxClient-all
 
     # Install binaries
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    install -m 4755 lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/mount.vboxsf $out/bin/mount.vboxsf
-    mkdir -p $out/sbin
-    install -m 755 sbin/VBoxService $out/sbin
+    install -D -m 4755 lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/mount.vboxsf $out/bin/mount.vboxsf
+    install -D -m 755 sbin/VBoxService $out/bin/VBoxService
 
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     install -m 755 bin/VBoxClient $out/bin