diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix
index 3f491810819..0b2c971e6e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ let version = "0.10"; in
       sha256 = "0w8njgka54if8ycd9cyxgmqa0ivv7r0rka7gda3x2rfr2z4nxvpb";
     };
 
-    patches = [ ./disable-dns-lookup-in-chroot.patch ];
+    patches =
+      [ ./disable-dns-lookup-in-chroot.patch ./installable-binary.patch ];
 
     buildInputs =
       [ libgcrypt libevent libidn gnutls libxml2 zlib guile texinfo xz ]
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/installable-binary.patch b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/installable-binary.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..346e76afd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/myserver/installable-binary.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+We actually want the `myserver' binary to be installable.  Failing to do that
+it gets an RPATH pointing to $top_builddir/src/.libs.
+
+--- myserver-0.10/src/Makefile.in	2010-10-14 12:45:42.000000000 +0200
++++ myserver-0.10/src/Makefile.in	2011-03-03 22:23:05.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1307,7 +1307,6 @@ libmyserver_la_LIBADD = \
+ 		$(INTLLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+ 
+ myserver_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -DHOST_STR=\"$(build)\" -DPREFIX=\"$(prefix)\"
+-myserver_LDFLAGS = -static -no-install
+ myserver_LDADD = libmyserver.la $(PTHREAD_LIB) $(IDN_LIB) \
+ 	$(XNET_LIB) $(DL_LIB) $(ZLIB_LIB) \
+ 	$(XML_LIBS) $(INTLLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+