diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 63afccbec..f94c23ea7 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ EvalState::EvalState(const Strings & _searchPath, ref<Store> store)
         for (auto & i : _searchPath) addToSearchPath(i);
         for (auto & i : paths) addToSearchPath(i);
     }
-    addToSearchPath("nix=" + canonPath(settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs"));
+    addToSearchPath("nix=" + canonPath(settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs", true));
 
     if (settings.restrictEval || settings.pureEval) {
         allowedPaths = PathSet();
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index db258ea18..6778023f5 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ void EvalState::createBaseEnv()
 
     /* Add a wrapper around the derivation primop that computes the
        `drvPath' and `outPath' attributes lazily. */
-    string path = settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs/derivation.nix";
+    string path = canonPath(settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs/derivation.nix", true);
     sDerivationNix = symbols.create(path);
     evalFile(path, v);
     addConstant("derivation", v);