diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/netpbm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/netpbm/default.nix
index 8bc29d0014d8..568762e3ded7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/netpbm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/netpbm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchsvn, libjpeg, libpng, flex, zlib, perl, libxml2 }:
+{stdenv, fetchsvn, libjpeg, libpng, flex, zlib, perl, libxml2, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "netpbm-advanced-844";
@@ -9,13 +9,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "8729e63bb5cc9fd500a68d5aed91fa4b973ebc068e3014b47390ba7b4d85968e";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./rgbpaths.patch ];
+
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "-fPIC" else "";
 
-  buildInputs = [ flex zlib perl libpng libjpeg libxml2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ flex zlib perl libpng libjpeg libxml2 makeWrapper ];
 
   configurePhase = "cp config.mk.in config.mk";
 
-  makeFlags = "LDFLAGS=-lz";
+  preBuild = ''
+    export LDFLAGS=-lz
+    substituteInPlace "pm_config.in.h" \
+        --subst-var-by "rgbPath1" "$out/lib/rgb.txt" \
+        --subst-var-by "rgbPath2" "/var/empty/rgb.txt" \
+        --subst-var-by "rgbPath3" "/var/empty/rgb.txt"
+  '';
 
   installPhase = ''
     make package pkgdir=$PWD/netpbmpkg
@@ -33,6 +41,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     $out/man
     N
     EOF
+
+    # wrap any scripts that expect other programs in the package to be in their PATH
+    for prog in ppmquant; do
+        wrapProgram "$out/bin/$prog" --prefix PATH : "$out/bin"
+    done
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ee520acddfc1..64ef37171d22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ let
   };
 
   netpbm = import ../tools/graphics/netpbm {
-    inherit stdenv fetchsvn libjpeg libpng zlib flex perl libxml2;
+    inherit stdenv fetchsvn libjpeg libpng zlib flex perl libxml2 makeWrapper;
   };
 
   netselect = import ../tools/networking/netselect {