diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/detect-it-easy/0001-remove-hard-coded-paths-in-xoptions.patch b/pkgs/by-name/de/detect-it-easy/0001-remove-hard-coded-paths-in-xoptions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d4744d4d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/detect-it-easy/0001-remove-hard-coded-paths-in-xoptions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/XOptions/xoptions.cpp b/XOptions/xoptions.cpp
+index ca5723e..30574a5 100755
+--- a/XOptions/xoptions.cpp
++++ b/XOptions/xoptions.cpp
+@@ -1531,14 +1531,7 @@ bool XOptions::checkNative(const QString &sIniFileName)
+ #if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+     bResult = true;
+ #elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX) || defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD)
+-    QString sApplicationDirPath = qApp->applicationDirPath();
+-
+-    if ((sApplicationDirPath == "/bin") || (sApplicationDirPath == "/usr/bin") || (sApplicationDirPath == "/usr/local/bin") ||
+-        (sApplicationDirPath.contains("/usr/local/bin$")) || isAppImage()) {
+-        bResult = true;
+-    } else {
+-        bResult = false;
+-    }
++    bResult = true;
+ #elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+     QString sApplicationDirPath = qApp->applicationDirPath();
+ 
+@@ -1565,22 +1558,7 @@ QString XOptions::getApplicationDataPath()
+ #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+     sResult = sApplicationDirPath + "/../Resources";
+ #elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+-    if (isNative()) {
+-        if (sApplicationDirPath.contains("/usr/local/bin$")) {
+-            QString sPrefix = sApplicationDirPath.section("/usr/local/bin", 0, 0);
+-
+-            sResult += sPrefix + QString("/usr/local/lib/%1").arg(qApp->applicationName());
+-        } else {
+-            if (sApplicationDirPath.contains("/tmp/.mount_"))  // AppImage
+-            {
+-                sResult = sApplicationDirPath.section("/", 0, 2);
+-            }
+-
+-            sResult += QString("/usr/lib/%1").arg(qApp->applicationName());
+-        }
+-    } else {
+-        sResult = sApplicationDirPath;
+-    }
++    sResult = sApplicationDirPath + "/../lib/die";
+ #elif defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD)
+     sResult = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation).at(1) + QDir::separator() + qApp->applicationName();
+ #else
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/detect-it-easy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/detect-it-easy/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..855095c3f448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/detect-it-easy/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libsForQt5,
+  freetype,
+  graphite2,
+  icu,
+  krb5,
+  systemdLibs,
+  imagemagick,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "detect-it-easy";
+  version = "3.09";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "horsicq";
+    repo = "DIE-engine";
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-A9YZBlGf3j+uSefPiDhrS1Qtu6vaLm4Yodt7BioGD2Q=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./0001-remove-hard-coded-paths-in-xoptions.patch ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libsForQt5.qtbase
+    libsForQt5.qtscript
+    libsForQt5.qtsvg
+    graphite2
+    freetype
+    icu
+    krb5
+    systemdLibs
+  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook
+    libsForQt5.qmake
+    imagemagick
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # work around wrongly created dirs in `install.sh`
+  # https://github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine/issues/110
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons
+  '';
+
+  # clean up wrongly created dirs in `install.sh` and broken .desktop file
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -r $out/lib/{bin,share}
+    grep -v "Version=#VERSION#" $src/LINUX/die.desktop > $out/share/applications/die.desktop
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Program for determining types of files for Windows, Linux and MacOS.";
+    mainProgram = "die";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/horsicq/Detect-It-Easy";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ivyfanchiang ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+})