diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
index b4c2d7f1c1f..ab46af5a1cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
@@ -11,39 +11,43 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "002l6h27pnhb77b65frhazbhknsxvrsnkpi43j7i0qw1lrgi7nkf";
   };
 
-  postConfigure = ''
-    cat >> pathnames.h <<EOF
-    #undef  _PATH_SUDO_LOGFILE
-    #define _PATH_SUDO_LOGFILE "/var/log/sudo.log"
-    #undef  _PATH_SUDO_TIMEDIR
-    #define _PATH_SUDO_TIMEDIR "/run/sudo"
-    #undef  _PATH_VI
-    #define _PATH_VI "/run/current-system/sw/bin/nano"
-    #undef  _PATH_MV
-    #define _PATH_MV "${coreutils}/bin/mv"
-    EOF
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-env-editor"
+    "--with-editor=/run/current-system/sw/bin/nano"
+    "--with-rundir=/var/run"
+    "--with-vardir=/var/db/sudo"
+    "--with-logpath=/var/log/sudo.log"
+  ];
 
+  postConfigure =
+    ''
+    cat >> pathnames.h <<'EOF'
+      #undef _PATH_MV
+      #define _PATH_MV "${coreutils}/bin/mv"
+    EOF
     makeFlags="install_uid=$(id -u) install_gid=$(id -g)"
-    installFlags="sudoers_uid=$(id -u) sudoers_gid=$(id -g) sysconfdir=$out/etc timedir=$TMPDIR/dummy"
-  '';
+    installFlags="sudoers_uid=$(id -u) sudoers_gid=$(id -g) sysconfdir=$out/etc rundir=$TMPDIR/dummy vardir=$TMPDIR/dummy"
+    '';
 
   buildInputs = [ coreutils pam groff ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    rm $out/share/doc/sudo/ChangeLog
-  '';
+  postInstall = 
+    ''
+    rm -f $out/share/doc/sudo/ChangeLog
+    '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "A command to run commands as root";
 
-    longDescription = ''
+    longDescription = 
+      ''
       Sudo (su "do") allows a system administrator to delegate
       authority to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability
       to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while
       providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments.
-    '';
+      '';
 
     homepage = http://www.sudo.ws/;