diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sdformat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sdformat/default.nix
index a81ba17a3f5..692de29afd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sdformat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sdformat/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   inherit name;
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace cmake/sdf_config.cmake.in --replace "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@LIB_INSTALL_DIR@" "@LIB_INSTALL_DIR@"
+  '';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   buildInputs = [
     cmake boost ruby ignition.math2 tinyxml