diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/osd.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/osd.nix
index 2b210efedb9d..b2a7b17b4315 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/osd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/osd.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,20 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pkg-config
 , wrapGAppsHook
+, cargo
+, coreutils
 , gtk-layer-shell
 , libevdev
 , libinput
 , libpulseaudio
+, meson
+, ninja
+, rustc
+, stdenv
 , udev
 }:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "swayosd";
   version = "unstable-2023-07-18";
 
@@ -21,11 +27,20 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     hash = "sha256-MJuTwEI599Y7q+0u0DMxRYaXsZfpksc2csgnK9Ghp/E=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-pExpzQwuHREhgkj+eZ8drBVsh/B3WiQBBh906O6ymFw=";
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
+    inherit src;
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-pExpzQwuHREhgkj+eZ8drBVsh/B3WiQBBh906O6ymFw=";
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     wrapGAppsHook
     pkg-config
+    meson
+    rustc
+    cargo
+    ninja
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -36,6 +51,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     udev
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    ./swayosd_systemd_paths.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace data/udev/99-swayosd.rules \
+      --replace /bin/chgrp ${coreutils}/bin/chgrp \
+      --replace /bin/chmod ${coreutils}/bin/chmod
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A GTK based on screen display for keyboard shortcuts";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ErikReider/SwayOSD";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/swayosd_systemd_paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/swayosd_systemd_paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..189c761e9d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/swayosd_systemd_paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
+index fc687a5..68decdf 100644
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+ datadir = get_option('datadir')
+ sysconfdir = get_option('sysconfdir')
++libdir = get_option('libdir')
+ 
+ # LICENSE
+ install_data(
+@@ -41,11 +42,7 @@ configure_file(
+ 
+ # Systemd service unit
+ systemd = dependency('systemd', required: false)
+-if systemd.found()
+-  systemd_service_install_dir = systemd.get_variable(pkgconfig :'systemdsystemunitdir')
+-else
+-  systemd_service_install_dir = join_paths(libdir, 'systemd', 'system')
+-endif
++systemd_service_install_dir = join_paths(libdir, 'systemd', 'system')
+ 
+ configure_file(
+   configuration: conf_data,