diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
index db4f12a9c91f..2786cd00360b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   patches = [
     # podman should be installed with nix; disable auto-installation
     ./extension-no-download-podman.patch
+    ./system-defaults-dir.patch
   ];
 
   ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = "1";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/system-defaults-dir.patch b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/system-defaults-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5d0df8d3677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/system-defaults-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/managed-by-constants.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/managed-by-constants.ts
+index 5a20d2de29e..9fea8a17165 100644
+--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/managed-by-constants.ts
++++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/managed-by-constants.ts
+@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ export const SYSTEM_LOCKED_FILENAME = 'locked.json';
+ // Folders for managed defaults on different platforms
+ export const SYSTEM_DEFAULTS_FOLDER_MACOS = '/Library/Application Support/io.podman_desktop.PodmanDesktop';
+ export const SYSTEM_DEFAULTS_FOLDER_WINDOWS = 'Podman Desktop';
+-export const SYSTEM_DEFAULTS_FOLDER_LINUX = '/usr/share/podman-desktop';
++export const SYSTEM_DEFAULTS_FOLDER_LINUX = '/etc/podman-desktop';