diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/pam_xdg/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/pam_xdg/package.nix
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+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchurl,
+  pam,
+  coreutils,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "pam_xdg";
+  version = "0.8.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/pam_xdg-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-o4Fol6LouBQVLiGMAszEB+zBkBj8C1xMp057AvH3nl4=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pam
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pam_xdg.c \
+      --replace-fail '"/usr/bin/rm"' '"${coreutils}/bin/rm"'
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://www.sdaoden.eu/code-pam_xdg.html";
+    description = "PAM module that manages XDG Base Directories";
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib; [ maintainers.aanderse ];
+  };
+}