diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
index beb019947ce..6bf920b3e1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.22/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Silly ./configure, it looks for dbus file from gnome-shell in the
   # installation tree of the package it is configuring.
-  preConfigure = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/dbus-1/interfaces"
-    cp "${gnome3.gnome_shell}/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml" "$out/share/dbus-1/interfaces"
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace configure --replace '$(eval echo $(eval echo $(eval echo ''${dbusinterfacedir})))/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml' "${gnome3.gnome_shell}/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml"
+    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.in --replace '$(dbusinterfacedir)/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml' "${gnome3.gnome_shell}/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml"
   '';
 
   # FIXME: enable for gnome3