diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
index 0af0e479a07..694078ffa1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/macport-24.4.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile.in --replace "/bin/pwd" "pwd"
+    substituteInPlace lib-src/Makefile.in --replace "/bin/pwd" "pwd"
+
     patch -p0 < patch-mac
 
     # The search for 'tputs' will fail because it's in ncursesw within the