diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix
index 4c7b54d965a9..9a127fcd92ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./py_pybind11_no_external_download.patch
+    ./install-presets.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/install-presets.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/install-presets.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..347aa4345323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/install-presets.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/tools/realsense-viewer/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/realsense-viewer/CMakeLists.txt
+index 44be6278f..1a4531dff 100644
+--- a/tools/realsense-viewer/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/tools/realsense-viewer/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ install(
+ )
+ #https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/install.html
+ install(DIRECTORY presets/
+-    DESTINATION $ENV{HOME}/Documents/librealsense2/presets
++    DESTINATION $ENV{out}/share/librealsense2/presets
+     FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.preset"
+ )
+ endif()