diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index f2904f3e012..402a6a13cec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     rm -rf $siteVersionDir
   '' + lib.optionalString withCsrc ''
     for srcdir in src lisp lwlib ; do
-      dstdir=$siteVersionDir/$srcdir
+      dstdir=$out/share/emacs/$siteVersionDir/$srcdir
       mkdir -p $dstdir
       find $srcdir -name "*.[chm]" -exec cp {} $dstdir \;
       cp $srcdir/TAGS $dstdir