diff --git a/utils/rclutil.cpp b/utils/rclutil.cpp
index 60ff5fb..4a59ccc 100644
--- a/utils/rclutil.cpp
+++ b/utils/rclutil.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ const string& path_pkgdatadir()
         "a subfolder of the installation directory. \n"
         "Please set the RECOLL_DATADIR environment variable to point to it\n"
         "(e.g. setx RECOLL_DATADIR \"C:/Program Files (X86)/Recoll/Share)\"\n";
-#elif defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(MACPORTS) && !defined(HOMEBREW)
+#elif defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(MACPORTS) && !defined(HOMEBREW) && !defined(NIXPKGS)
     uint32_t size = 0;
     _NSGetExecutablePath(nullptr, &size);
     char *path= (char*)malloc(size+1);