diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hw/hwinfo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hw/hwinfo/package.nix
index 3193d579f7f7..c0f30da26291 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hw/hwinfo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hw/hwinfo/package.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-fail "lex isdn_cdb.lex" "flex isdn_cdb.lex"
     substituteInPlace hwinfo.pc.in \
       --replace-fail "prefix=/usr" "prefix=$out"
+    substituteInPlace src/isdn/cdb/cdb_hwdb.h \
+      --replace-fail "/usr/share" "$out/share"
 
     # replace absolute paths with relative, we will prefix PATH later
     substituteInPlace src/hd/hd_int.h \