diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gogs.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gogs.nix
index cf1fbc7bcfa9..f6d326e43d94 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gogs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gogs.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ let
     HTTP_ADDR = ${cfg.httpAddress}
     HTTP_PORT = ${toString cfg.httpPort}
     ROOT_URL = ${cfg.rootUrl}
+    STATIC_ROOT_PATH = ${cfg.staticRootPath}
 
     [session]
     COOKIE_NAME = session
@@ -175,6 +176,13 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
+      staticRootPath = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "${pkgs.gogs.data}";
+        example = "/var/lib/gogs/data";
+        description = "Upper level of template and static files path.";
+      };
+
       extraConfig = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
         default = "";
@@ -195,6 +203,8 @@ in
         runConfig = "${cfg.stateDir}/custom/conf/app.ini";
         secretKey = "${cfg.stateDir}/custom/conf/secret_key";
       in ''
+        mkdir -p ${cfg.stateDir}
+
         # copy custom configuration and generate a random secret key if needed
         ${optionalString (cfg.useWizard == false) ''
           mkdir -p ${cfg.stateDir}/custom/conf
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
index d37057583072..5553a759894a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     cp -R $src/{public,templates} $data
 
     wrapProgram $bin/bin/gogs \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ bash git gzip openssh ]} \
-      --run 'export GOGS_WORK_DIR=''${GOGS_WORK_DIR:-$PWD}' \
-      --run 'mkdir -p "$GOGS_WORK_DIR" && cd "$GOGS_WORK_DIR"' \
-      --run "ln -fs $data/{public,templates} ."
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ bash git gzip openssh ]}
   '';
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/gogits/gogs";