diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
index 215cc6a4560b..4367c0017790 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprland/package.nix
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ customStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     # Remove extra @PREFIX@ to fix pkg-config paths
     substituteInPlace hyprland.pc.in \
-      --replace-fail  @PREFIX@ ""
+      --replace-fail  "@PREFIX@/" ""
     substituteInPlace example/hyprland.desktop.in \
-      --replace-fail  @PREFIX@ ""
+      --replace-fail  "@PREFIX@/" ""
   '';
 
   # variables used by CMake, and shown in `hyprctl version`