diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix
index 46a6aa0c032c..ada8ee7a4f3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/9.2.x.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "world" ];
 
+  patches = [ ./disable-resolve_symlinks.patch ];
+
   installTargets = [ "install-world" ];
 
   LC_ALL = "C";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/disable-resolve_symlinks.patch b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/disable-resolve_symlinks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e6fd5e838a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/disable-resolve_symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/src/port/exec.c b/src/port/exec.c
+index c79e8ba..42c4091 100644
+--- a/src/port/exec.c
++++ b/src/port/exec.c
+@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ find_my_exec(const char *argv0, char *retpath)
+ static int
+ resolve_symlinks(char *path)
+ {
++    // On NixOS we *want* stuff relative to symlinks.
++    return 0;
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_READLINK
+ 	struct stat buf;
+ 	char		orig_wd[MAXPGPATH],