diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix
index 59bc2a056616..cfe7fb89bd56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librealsense/default.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # script does not do this, and it's questionable if intel knows it should be
   # done
   # ( https://github.com/IntelRealSense/meta-intel-realsense/issues/20 )
-  postInstall = lib.optionalString enablePython  ''
+  postInstall = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/realsense2/realsense2Targets.cmake \
+    --replace "\''${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/include" "$dev/include"
+  '' + lib.optionalString enablePython  ''
     cp ../wrappers/python/pyrealsense2/__init__.py $out/${pythonPackages.python.sitePackages}/pyrealsense2
   '';