diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torbrowser.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torbrowser.nix
index 11988d9435f..c8f9c3dae97 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torbrowser.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/tor/torbrowser.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patchPhase = ''
     patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" Browser/firefox
     patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor
+
+    sed -e "s,./TorBrowser,$out/share/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser,g" -i Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc-defaults
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;