1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
index 8d33a910546cd..4117c8ac78a98 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optionals (!withGui) [ "--disable-qtgui" "--disable-x11mon" ]
     ++ (if stdenv.isLinux then [ "--with-inotify" ] else [ "--without-inotify" ]);
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-DNIXPKGS" ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # fix "No/bad main configuration file" error
+    ./fix-datadir.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     file pkg-config python3Packages.setuptools which
   ];