diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
index 81d35a655502..0e4b6cab6502 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   foolVars = {
     LOCALSTATE = "/var";
     SYSCONF = "/etc";
-    LIBEXEC = "${system}/libexec";
+    LIBEXEC = "${system}/libexec/polkit-1";
     LIB = "${system}/lib";
     DATA = "${system}/share";
   };
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib eggdbus expat pam intltool gettext
     gobjectIntrospection ];
 
+  preConfigure=''
+    configureFlags="--libexecdir=$out/libexec/polkit-1"
+  '';
+
   # Ugly hack to overwrite hardcoded directories
   # TODO: investigate a proper patch which will be accepted upstream
   CFLAGS = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " "