diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix
index 6735093b6f0f..b77761895cff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/simgrid/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, cmake, perl, python3, boost, valgrind
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, fetchpatch, cmake, perl, python3, boost, valgrind
 # Optional requirements
 # Lua 5.3 needed and not available now
 #, luaSupport ? false, lua5
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0vylwgd4i89bvhbgfay0wq953324dwfmmr8jp9b4vvlc9m0017r9";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-smpi-dirs-absolute.patch";
+      url = "https://framagit.org/simgrid/simgrid/-/commit/71f01e667577be1076646eb841e0a57bd5388545.patch";
+      sha256 = "0x3y324b6269687zfy43ilc48bwrs4nb7svh2mpg88lrz53rky15";
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ boost ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake perl python3 valgrind ]
       ++ optionals fortranSupport [ gfortran ]