diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
index 8906564ade5..30716146ec5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "178nn4dl7wbcw499czikirnkniwnx36argdnqgz4ik9i6zvwkm6y";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./memory-leak.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./memory-leak.patch ./no-install-statedir.patch ];
 
   buildInputs = [ coreutils ]; # bin/updatedb script needs to call sort