diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/cups-pk-helper.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/cups-pk-helper.nix
index 5e7596032b3d..6534d300e824 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/cups-pk-helper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/cups-pk-helper.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, glib, polkit, cups }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, glib, polkit, cups, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.2.6";
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
   buildInputs = [ glib polkit cups ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Don't use etc/dbus-1/system.d
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cups-pk-helper/cups-pk-helper/merge_requests/2.patch";
+      sha256 = "1kamhr5kn8c1y0q8xbip0fgr7maf3dyddlvab4n0iypk7rwwikl0";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "PolicyKit helper to configure cups with fine-grained privileges";
     homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/cups-pk-helper/;