diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jzmq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jzmq/default.nix
index 9130e02e1d76..6208090ad51d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jzmq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jzmq/default.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig zeromq2 jdk ];
 
   preConfigurePhases = ["./autogen.sh"];
-  preConfigure = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then ''
-    sed -i -e 's~/Headers~/include~' -e 's~_JNI_INC_SUBDIRS=\".*\"~_JNI_INC_SUBDIRS=\"darwin\"~' configure
-  '' else "";
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|(JAVAC)|(JAVAC) -encoding utf8|' src/Makefile.in
+    ${if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then
+      '' sed -i -e 's~/Headers~/include~' -e 's~_JNI_INC_SUBDIRS=\".*\"~_JNI_INC_SUBDIRS=\"darwin\"~' configure
+      '' else ""}
+  '';
 
 
   maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.blue ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/computing/storm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/computing/storm/default.nix
index 083ad5e64391..b60d9fe62b25 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/computing/storm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/computing/storm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, jzmq, jdk, lib, python}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, jzmq, jdk, lib, python, logsDir, confDir }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "storm-0.8.2";
@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installPhase = ''
     # Remove junk
     rm -f lib/jzmq*
-    mkdir -p /var/log/storm
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
     mv bin/storm $out/bin/
-    rm -R bin
+    rm -R bin conf logs
 
     # Fix shebang header for python scripts
-    sed -i -e "s|#!/usr/bin/.*python|#!${python}/bin/python|" bin/storm;
+    sed -i -e "s|#!/usr/bin/.*python|#!${python}/bin/python|" $out/bin/storm;
 
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -av * $out
-    ln -s /var/log/storm $out/logs
+    cd $out;
+    ${if logsDir != "" then ''ln -s ${logsDir} logs'' else ""}
+    ${if confDir != "" then ''ln -s ${confDir} conf'' else ""}
   '';
 
   dontStrip = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2710098375a3..09c498a14bd3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6170,7 +6170,7 @@ let
 
   thttpd = callPackage ../servers/http/thttpd { };
 
-  storm = callPackage ../servers/computing/storm { };
+  storm = callPackage ../servers/computing/storm { confDir = "/etc/storm"; logsDir = "/var/log"; };
 
   tomcat5 = callPackage ../servers/http/tomcat/5.0.nix { };