diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/default-crate-overrides.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/default-crate-overrides.nix
index 1aebfe60a8d2..126be2ad99eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/default-crate-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/default-crate-overrides.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 , udev
 , webkitgtk_4_1
 , zlib
+, buildPackages
 , ...
 }:
 
@@ -357,4 +358,15 @@ in
     buildInputs = [ atk ];
   };
 
+  # Assumes it can run Command::new(env::var("CARGO")).arg("locate-project")
+  # https://github.com/bkchr/proc-macro-crate/blame/master/src/lib.rs#L244
+  proc-macro-crate = attrs: lib.optionalAttrs (lib.versionAtLeast attrs.version "2.0") {
+    prePatch = (attrs.prePatch or "") + ''
+      substituteInPlace \
+        src/lib.rs \
+        --replace-fail \
+        'env::var("CARGO").map_err(|_| Error::CargoEnvVariableNotSet)?' \
+        '"${lib.getBin buildPackages.cargo}/bin/cargo"'
+    '';
+  };
 }