diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/he/heimdall/0001-Install-the-macOS-bundle-to-the-install-prefix.patch b/pkgs/by-name/he/heimdall/0001-Install-the-macOS-bundle-to-the-install-prefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72e992af2761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/he/heimdall/0001-Install-the-macOS-bundle-to-the-install-prefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From d0382de78c43c47b8ae3326d979cbbd028b66735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tim Schumacher <timschumi@gmx.de>
+Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:29:46 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Install the macOS bundle to the install prefix
+
+---
+ heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt b/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+index 6ccb9b1..6fa3054 100644
+--- a/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/heimdall-frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ target_link_libraries(heimdall-frontend z)
+ install (TARGETS heimdall-frontend
+         RUNTIME    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin
+         LIBRARY    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+-        BUNDLE DESTINATION /Applications)
++        BUNDLE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Applications)
+-- 
+2.49.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/he/heimdall/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/he/heimdall/package.nix
index b37c357a8382..dc871b0e4232 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/he/heimdall/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/he/heimdall/package.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-Install-the-macOS-bundle-to-the-install-prefix.patch
+  ];
+
   outputs = [
     "out"
     "udev"