diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qttools.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qttools.nix
index b1cf5dd2c146..06ce64424d55 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qttools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qttools.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
 , lib
 , qtbase
 , qtdeclarative
+, substituteAll
 }:
 
 qtModule {
   pname = "qttools";
   qtInputs = [ qtbase qtdeclarative ];
+  patches = [
+    ../patches/qttools-paths.patch
+  ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
+    "-DNIX_OUTPUT_DEV=\"${placeholder "dev"}\""
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/patches/qttools-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/patches/qttools-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a0acb70b0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/patches/qttools-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/src/linguist/shared/runqttool.cpp b/src/linguist/shared/runqttool.cpp
+index d355b9dc..94fef33f 100644
+--- a/src/linguist/shared/runqttool.cpp
++++ b/src/linguist/shared/runqttool.cpp
+@@ -20,9 +20,21 @@ class FMT {
+     Q_DECLARE_TR_FUNCTIONS(Linguist)
+ };
+
++static QString qtBasePath(QLibraryInfo::LibraryPath location)
++{
++  switch (location) {
++    case QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath:
++      return QLatin1String(NIX_OUTPUT_DEV) + QLatin1String("/bin");
++    case QLibraryInfo::LibraryExecutablesPath:
++      return QLatin1String(NIX_OUTPUT_DEV) + QLatin1String("/libexec");
++    default:
++      return QLibraryInfo::path(location);
++  }
++}
++
+ static QString qtToolFilePath(const QString &toolName, QLibraryInfo::LibraryPath location)
+ {
+-    QString filePath = QLibraryInfo::path(location) + QLatin1Char('/') + toolName;
++    QString filePath = qtBasePath(location) + QLatin1Char('/') + toolName;
+ #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+     filePath.append(QLatin1String(".exe"));
+ #endif