diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/frogmouth/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/frogmouth/default.nix
index 8e0194005308..e4347989aa1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/frogmouth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/frogmouth/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-TMCeIwMEoNDQV9iue4XrdYQMmwofXDvdMMLTZKILQ9Q=";
   };
 
+  # Per <https://github.com/srstevenson/xdg-base-dirs/tree/6.0.0#xdg-base-dirs>, the package is
+  # renamed from `xdg` to `xdg_base_dirs`, but upstream isn't amenable to performing that rename.
+  # See <https://github.com/Textualize/frogmouth/pull/59>. So this is a minimal fix.
+  postUnpack = ''
+    sed -i -e "s,from xdg import,from xdg_base_dirs import," $sourceRoot/frogmouth/data/{config,data_directory}.py
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     python3.pkgs.poetry-core
     python3.pkgs.pythonRelaxDepsHook
@@ -24,13 +31,13 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     httpx
     textual
     typing-extensions
-    xdg
+    xdg-base-dirs
   ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
     "httpx"
     "textual"
-    "xdg"
+    "xdg-base-dirs"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "frogmouth" ];