diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix
index e29dd2e6ee53f..72c0519c3b140 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8"; # For po/make-images
 
   patches = [
+    # https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd/issues/800
     ./fix-paths.patch
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/fix-paths.patch
index 1cd9eb0e8f177..212f30147c21f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/fix-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/fix-paths.patch
@@ -1,89 +1,49 @@
+diff --git a/data/builder/meson.build b/data/builder/meson.build
+index c7a430c0..e69de29b 100644
 --- a/data/builder/meson.build
 +++ b/data/builder/meson.build
 @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
 -install_data('README.md',
 -  install_dir : join_paths(localstatedir, 'lib', 'fwupd', 'builder')
 -)
---- a/data/meson.build
-+++ b/data/meson.build
-@@ -8,16 +8,12 @@
-   subdir('installed-tests')
- endif
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 96d752ae..fc5cb4dd 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -294,11 +294,17 @@
  
--install_data(['daemon.conf'],
--  install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'fwupd')
--)
--
- install_data(['org.freedesktop.fwupd.metainfo.xml'],
-   install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'metainfo')
- )
- 
- install_data(['org.freedesktop.fwupd.conf'],
--  install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'dbus-1', 'system.d')
-+  install_dir : join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'dbus-1', 'system.d')
- )
+ plugin_dir = join_paths(libdir, 'fwupd-plugins-3')
  
- install_data(['metadata.xml'],
---- a/data/pki/meson.build
-+++ b/data/pki/meson.build
-@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
-       'GPG-KEY-Linux-Foundation-Firmware',
-       'GPG-KEY-Linux-Vendor-Firmware-Service',
-     ],
--    install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'pki', 'fwupd')
-+    install_dir : join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'pki', 'fwupd')
-   )
++default_sysconfdir = get_option('sysconfdir')
++if default_sysconfdir == 'etc'
++  message('sysconfdir of etc makes no sense, using /etc')
++  default_sysconfdir = '/etc'
++endif
++
+ conf.set_quoted('BINDIR', bindir)
+ conf.set_quoted('LIBEXECDIR', libexecdir)
+ conf.set_quoted('DATADIR', datadir)
+ conf.set_quoted('LOCALSTATEDIR', localstatedir)
+-conf.set_quoted('SYSCONFDIR', sysconfdir)
++conf.set_quoted('SYSCONFDIR', default_sysconfdir)
+ conf.set_quoted('PLUGINDIR', plugin_dir)
  
-   install_data([
-       'GPG-KEY-Linux-Foundation-Metadata',
-       'GPG-KEY-Linux-Vendor-Firmware-Service',
-     ],
--    install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'pki', 'fwupd-metadata')
-+    install_dir : join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'pki', 'fwupd-metadata')
-   )
- endif
- 
-@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
-   install_data([
-       'LVFS-CA.pem',
-     ],
--    install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'pki', 'fwupd')
-+    install_dir : join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'pki', 'fwupd')
-   )
-   install_data([
-       'LVFS-CA.pem',
-     ],
--    install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'pki', 'fwupd-metadata')
-+    install_dir : join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'pki', 'fwupd-metadata')
-   )
- endif
- 
---- a/data/remotes.d/meson.build
-+++ b/data/remotes.d/meson.build
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
-       'lvfs.conf',
-       'lvfs-testing.conf',
-     ],
--    install_dir : join_paths(sysconfdir, 'fwupd', 'remotes.d')
-+    install_dir : join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'fwupd', 'remotes.d')
-   )
-   i18n.merge_file(
-     input: 'lvfs.metainfo.xml',
-@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
-   output : 'fwupd.conf',
-   configuration : con2,
-   install: true,
--  install_dir: join_paths(sysconfdir, 'fwupd', 'remotes.d'),
-+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'fwupd', 'remotes.d'),
- )
- configure_file(
-   input : 'vendor.conf',
-   output : 'vendor.conf',
-   configuration : con2,
-   install: true,
--  install_dir: join_paths(sysconfdir, 'fwupd', 'remotes.d'),
-+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'etc', 'fwupd', 'remotes.d'),
+ conf.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
+@@ -310,12 +316,6 @@
+   configuration : conf
  )
+ 
+-default_sysconfdir = get_option('sysconfdir')
+-if default_sysconfdir == 'etc'
+-  message('sysconfdir of etc makes no sense, using /etc')
+-  default_sysconfdir = '/etc'
+-endif
+-
+ plugin_deps = []
+ plugin_deps += appstream_glib
+ plugin_deps += gio
+diff --git a/meson_post_install.sh b/meson_post_install.sh
+index 0cbb6f41..d757a81a 100755
 --- a/meson_post_install.sh
 +++ b/meson_post_install.sh
 @@ -11,6 +11,4 @@