diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
index 6d6fee0a2d3..fd7f70004db 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
   preBuild = ''
     export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE $(pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0) $(pkg-config --cflags pygtk-2.0) $(pkg-config --cflags xtst)"
     substituteInPlace xpra/server/auth/pam_auth.py --replace "/lib/libpam.so.1" "${pam}/lib/libpam.so"
+    substituteInPlace xpra/x11/bindings/keyboard_bindings.pyx --replace "/usr/share/X11/xkb" "${xorg.xkeyboardconfig}/share/X11/xkb"
   '';
   setupPyBuildFlags = ["--with-Xdummy" "--without-strict"];