diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index c2e35530b305..eb843beebee4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ let
     nloptr = with pkgs; [ nlopt pkg-config ];
     n1qn1 = [ pkgs.gfortran ];
     odbc = [ pkgs.unixODBC ];
+    pak = [ pkgs.curl.dev ];
     pander = with pkgs; [ pandoc which ];
     pbdMPI = [ pkgs.mpi ];
     pbdPROF = [ pkgs.mpi ];
@@ -1422,6 +1423,15 @@ let
         patchShebangs configure
       '';
     });
+
+    pak = old.pak.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+      preConfigure = ''
+        patchShebangs configure
+        patchShebangs src/library/curl/configure
+        patchShebangs src/library/pkgdepends/configure
+        patchShebangs src/library/ps/configure
+      '';
+    });
   };
 in
   self