diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/j/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/j/default.nix
index 5e67986ac105..2da499352b3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/j/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/j/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     bc
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-install-path.patch
+  ];
+
   dontConfigure = true;
 
   # emulating build_all.sh configuration variables
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/j/fix-install-path.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/j/fix-install-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08f3f98962c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/j/fix-install-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/jlibrary/bin/profile.ijs	2022-11-23 18:45:50.049675025 +0100
++++ b/jlibrary/bin/profile.ijs	2022-11-23 18:47:43.798532581 +0100
+@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
+ fhs=. (FHS"_)^:(0=4!:0<'FHS')(5=systype)*.0=#1!:0<BINPATH,'/../system/util/boot.ijs'
+ install=. (0&~:fhs){::install;install,'/share/j/',omitversion{::'9.03';'0'
+ install=. (INSTALLROOT"_)^:(0=4!:0<'INSTALLROOT') install
++install=. bin,'/../share/j'
+ addons=. install,'/addons'
+ system=. install,'/system'
+ tools=. install,'/tools'