diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix
index edd923822ea..19e8121ac08 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       $out/opt/pencil/pencil
 
     # fix missing libudev
-    ln -s ${systemd.lib}/lib/libudev.so.1 $out/opt/pencil/libudev.so.1
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib systemd}/lib/libudev.so.1 $out/opt/pencil/libudev.so.1
     wrapProgram $out/opt/pencil/pencil \
       --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $out/opt/pencil
   '';