diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cnijfilter2/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cnijfilter2/default.nix
index 3577f5b38b0..2634b712871 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cnijfilter2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cups/drivers/cnijfilter2/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         --replace /usr/include/libusb-1.0 \
                   ${libusb.dev}/include/libusb-1.0
       ./autogen.sh --prefix=$out --enable-progpath=$out/bin \
+                   --datadir=$out/share \
                    --enable-libdir=/var/cache/cups
       make
     )