diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
index 50e071be29c5..c9223c9af15e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/disnix/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1kc4520zjc1z72mknylfvrsyda9rbmm5c9mw8w13zhdwg3zbna06";
   };
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    " --with-dbus-sys=${placeholder "out"}/share/dbus-1/system.d"
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ glib libxml2 libxslt getopt nixUnstable libintl libiconv dysnomia ];