diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/syslinux-installpath.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/syslinux-installpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3498b2d33fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/syslinux-installpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff -ruN syslinux-3.09/Makefile syslinux-3.09.new/Makefile
+--- syslinux-3.09/Makefile	2005-04-02 23:48:47.000000000 +0200
++++ syslinux-3.09.new/Makefile	2005-07-30 20:49:41.000000000 +0200
+@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
+ 
+ NASM	 = nasm -O99
+ NINCLUDE = 
+-BINDIR   = /usr/bin
+-SBINDIR  = /sbin
+-LIBDIR   = /usr/lib
++BINDIR   = $(out)/bin
++SBINDIR  = $(out)/sbin
++LIBDIR   = $(out)/lib
+ AUXDIR   = $(LIBDIR)/syslinux
+-INCDIR   = /usr/include
++INCDIR   = $(out)/include
+ 
+ PERL     = perl
+