diff --git a/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.sh.in b/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.sh.in
index 1be9a0755..432100d16 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.sh.in
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ elif [ -e /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt ]; then # Old NixOS
     export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
 elif [ -e /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt ]; then # Fedora, CentOS
     export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
-elif [ -e "$NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" ]; then # fall back to cacert in the user's Nix profile
-    export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=$NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+elif [ -e "$NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR/profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" ]; then # fall back to cacert in the user's Nix profile
+    export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=$NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR/profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
 elif [ -e "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" ]; then # fall back to cacert in the default Nix profile
     export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
 fi