diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/veracrypt/nix-system-paths.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ve/veracrypt/nix-system-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6b86165d02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/veracrypt/nix-system-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Platform/Unix/Process.cpp b/Platform/Unix/Process.cpp
+index 395d4bc..18601ad 100644
+--- a/Platform/Unix/Process.cpp
++++ b/Platform/Unix/Process.cpp
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
+ #elif TC_OPENBSD
+ 		const char* defaultDirs[] = {"/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/X11R6/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin"};
+ #else
+-		const char* defaultDirs[] = {"/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin"};
++		const char* defaultDirs[] = {"/run/wrappers/bin", "/run/current-system/sw/bin", "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin", "/etc/profiles/per-user/$USER", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin"};
+ #endif
+ 		const size_t defaultDirCount = sizeof(defaultDirs) / sizeof(defaultDirs[0]);
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/veracrypt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/veracrypt/package.nix
index 39388512028b..55b17793e239 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/veracrypt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/veracrypt/package.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "veracrypt";
-  version = "1.26.18";
+  version = "1.26.20";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/${finalAttrs.version}/+download/VeraCrypt_${finalAttrs.version}_Source.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-fWmvHvYCgHQi50CsjMKaGHFzw4vPYZLl7GqL3tO5XBw=";
+    hash = "sha256-qhVmQPigzEPuPe3aO8g3lR3HRPLEvdhaXfZAZ4IosRY=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       ntfs = "${ntfs3g}/bin/mkfs.ntfs";
       btrfs = "${btrfs-progs}/bin/mkfs.btrfs";
     })
+
+    # https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/commit/2cca2e1dafa405addc3af8724baf8563f352ac1c
+    ./nix-system-paths.patch
   ];
 
   sourceRoot = "src";