diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix
index 8925a2f2d576..f9ad7182c1ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/drawio/default.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export HOME="$TMPDIR"
     yarn config --offline set yarn-offline-mirror "$offlineCache"
     fixup-yarn-lock yarn.lock
+    # Ensure that the node_modules folder is created by yarn install.
+    # See https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/5500#issuecomment-1221456246
+    echo "nodeLinker: node-modules" > .yarnrc.yml
     yarn install --offline --frozen-lockfile --ignore-platform --ignore-scripts --no-progress --non-interactive
     patchShebangs node_modules/