diff --git a/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
index d8ef2863b1f1..5a302adc60d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
@@ -48,4 +48,10 @@ composableDerivation {} {
     homepage = "http://jackaudio.org";
     license = "GPL";
   };
+
+  # make sure the jackaudio is found by symlinking lib64 to lib
+  postInstall = ''
+    ensureDir $out/lib
+    ln -s $out/lib{64,}/pkgconfig
+  '';
 }