2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
index ff211b6b9c34a..73bb856de4163 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   configureFlags = [
+    "--with-hdbdir=/var/lib/heimdal"
+
     "--with-libedit-include=${libedit.dev}/include"
     "--with-libedit-lib=${libedit}/lib"
     "--with-berkeley-db-include=${db.dev}/include"
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.heimdal.software";
     changelog = "https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases";
-    description = "An implementation of Kerberos 5 (and some more stuff)";
+    description = "Implementation of Kerberos 5 (and some more stuff)";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ h7x4 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
index 9f3fbdbf7eb04..8dd68af4fd1d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace config/shlib.conf \
         --replace "'ld " "'${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ld "
+  ''
+  # this could be accomplished by updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook, but that causes infinite recursion
+  # necessary for FreeBSD code path in configure
+  + ''
+    substituteInPlace ./config/config.guess --replace-fail /usr/bin/uname uname
   '';
 
   libFolders = [ "util" "include" "lib" "build-tools" ];