diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/0002-absolute-cmake-install-paths.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/0002-absolute-cmake-install-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67e3ec25b71b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/0002-absolute-cmake-install-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index b36a8a94..74c6de2e 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -195,8 +195,16 @@ set(EZTRACE_LIB_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR})
+ #set(__PPTRACE_BINARY_TYPE "PPTRACE_BINARY_TYPE_BFD")
+ #set(abs_top_builddir ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+ 
+-set(INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+-set(INSTALL_LIBDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
++if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
++  set(INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
++else()
++  set(INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
++endif()
++if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
++  set(INSTALL_LIBDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
++else()
++  set(INSTALL_LIBDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
++endif()
+ set(INSTALL_PKGCONFIG_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+ 
+ # Subdirectory
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix
index 8ccebfc8396c..3f5ddb0a8125 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ez/eztrace/package.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
+    "dev"
     "lib"
     "man"
   ];
@@ -28,8 +29,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-ccW4YjEf++tkdIJLze2x8B/SWbBBXnYt8UV9OH8+KGU=";
   };
 
+  # Possibly upstream these patches.
   patches = [
     ./0001-otf2-backend-cross.patch # To fix cross.
+    ./0002-absolute-cmake-install-paths.patch # To fix generated .pc file
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -69,6 +72,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     otf2 # `otf2-print` needed by compiler_instrumentation_tests,pthread_tests,posixio_tests
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    moveToOutput bin/eztrace_create_plugin "$dev"
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tool that aims at generating automatically execution trace from HPC programs";
     homepage = "https://eztrace.gitlab.io/eztrace/index.html";