diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/clipmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/clipmenu/default.nix
index 6759521bef12..54c2ab48f656 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/clipmenu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/clipmenu/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ clipnotify, makeWrapper, xsel, dmenu, utillinux, gawk, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+{ clipnotify, makeWrapper, xsel, dmenu, utillinux, gawk, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, lib }:
 let
   runtimePath = lib.makeBinPath [ clipnotify xsel dmenu utillinux gawk ];
 in
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rev    = version;
     sha256 = "0ddj5xcwrdb2qvrndvhv8j6swcqc8dvv5i00pqk35rfk5mrl4hwv";
   };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace ./Makefile --replace /usr "$out"
-  '';
-
+  
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/cdown/clipmenu/commit/443b58583ef216e2405e4a38d401f7c36386d21e.patch";
+      sha256 = "12m4rpw7jbr31c919llbsmn8dcf7yh9aijln4iym6h2lylzqzzdz";
+    })
+  ];
+  
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ xsel clipnotify ];