diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix
index 6948db097ae..9ec73cdebe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/common.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, runtimeShell, pkgconfig, gettext, ncurses, CoreFoundation
 , tiles, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_ttf, freetype, Cocoa
 , debug
+, useXdgDir
 }:
 
 let
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   makeFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=$(out)" "USE_HOME_DIR=1" "LANGUAGES=all"
+    "PREFIX=$(out)" "LANGUAGES=all"
+    (if useXdgDir then "USE_XDG_DIR=1" else "USE_HOME_DIR=1")
   ] ++ optionals (!debug) [
     "RELEASE=1"
   ] ++ optionals tiles [
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
index 7b922835004..1113fe116dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { lib, callPackage, CoreFoundation, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs, wrapCDDA
 , tiles ? true, Cocoa
 , debug ? false
+, useXdgDir ? false
 }:
 
 let
   common = callPackage ./common.nix {
-    inherit CoreFoundation tiles Cocoa debug;
+    inherit CoreFoundation tiles Cocoa debug useXdgDir;
   };
 
   self = common.overrideAttrs (common: rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix
index 4176083b861..076a33a9e89 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/stable.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { lib, callPackage, CoreFoundation, fetchFromGitHub, pkgs, wrapCDDA
 , tiles ? true, Cocoa
 , debug ? false
+, useXdgDir ? false
 }:
 
 let
   common = callPackage ./common.nix {
-    inherit CoreFoundation tiles Cocoa debug;
+    inherit CoreFoundation tiles Cocoa debug useXdgDir;
   };
 
   self = common.overrideAttrs (common: rec {