diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnm-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnm-qt/default.nix
index 6e8545a3ba07..39e784fe89f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnm-qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnm-qt/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     networkmanager
   ];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib" ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libmm-qt ];
 
   src = fetchurl {