diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix
index daad7993cfe..d4837d28c82 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dirb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, automake, autoconf, curl, autoreconfHook }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, autoreconfHook, curl }:
 
 let
   major = "2";
@@ -6,19 +6,29 @@ let
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "dirb-${version}";
   version = "${major}.${minor}";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/dirb/${version}/dirb${major}${minor}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0b7wc2gvgnyp54rxf1n9arn6ymrvdb633v6b3ah138hw4gg8lx7k";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ curl ];
+
   unpackPhase = ''
     tar -xf $src
     find . -exec chmod +x "{}" ";"
     export sourceRoot="dirb222"
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf curl ];
-  preConfigure = "chmod +x configure";
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "s#/usr#$out#" src/dirb.c
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/dirb/
+    cp -r wordlists/ $out/share/dirb/
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "A web content scanner";