diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/duperemove/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/duperemove/default.nix
index f32d026ac1cf..b13f216b8dbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/duperemove/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/duperemove/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libgcrypt
-, pkg-config, glib, linuxHeaders ? stdenv.cc.libc.linuxHeaders, sqlite
-, util-linux, testers, duperemove }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch2
+, libgcrypt
+, pkg-config
+, glib
+, linuxHeaders ? stdenv.cc.libc.linuxHeaders
+, sqlite
+, util-linux
+, testers
+, duperemove
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "duperemove";
@@ -13,6 +23,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-D3+p8XgokKIHEwZnvOkn7cionVH1gsypcURF+PBpugY=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Use variable instead of hardcoding pkg-config
+    # https://github.com/markfasheh/duperemove/pull/315
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/markfasheh/duperemove/commit/0e1c62d79a9a79d7bb3e80f1bd528dbf7cb75e22.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-YMMu6LCkBlipEJALukQMwIMcjQEAG5pjGEGeTW9OEJk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace util.c --replace \
       "lscpu" "${lib.getBin util-linux}/bin/lscpu"