diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpsd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpsd/package.nix
index adcde9cc1d97..553f2780c448 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpsd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpsd/package.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./sconstruct-env-fixes.patch
+    ./sconstrict-rundir-fixes.patch
 
     # fix build with Python 3.12
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpsd/sconstrict-rundir-fixes.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpsd/sconstrict-rundir-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..386211198b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpsd/sconstrict-rundir-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -Naur gpsd-3.25.orig/SConscript gpsd-3.25/SConscript
+--- gpsd-3.25.orig/SConscript	2025-03-29 13:33:34
++++ gpsd-3.25/SConscript	2025-03-29 13:34:24
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
+ import os
+ import pickle
+ import re
++import platform
+ # replacement for functions from the commands module, which is deprecated.
+ import subprocess
+ import sys
+@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@
+     def_group = "dialout"
+ 
+ # darwin and BSDs do not have /run, maybe others.
+-if os.path.exists("/run"):
++if "BSD" in os.uname().sysname or platform.system() == "Darwin":
+     rundir = "/run"
+ else:
+     rundir = "/var/run"
+     
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