diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
index 1547157571c5..28d6f0b21a8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, bzip2 }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "sysstat-11.0.2";
 
@@ -15,10 +14,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export PATH_CHKCONFIG=/no-such-program
     export BZIP=${bzip2}/bin/bzip2
     export SYSTEMCTL=systemctl
-    makeFlagsArray=(DESTDIR=$out SYSCONFIG_DIR=$out/etc IGNORE_MAN_GROUP=y CHOWN=true)
-    installTargets="install_base install_nls install_man"
   '';
 
+  makeFlags = "SYSCONFIG_DIR=$(out)/etc IGNORE_MAN_GROUP=y CHOWN=true";
+  installTargets = "install_base install_nls install_man";
+
+  patches = [ ./install.patch ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/;
     description = "A collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux (such as sar, iostat and pidstat)";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/install.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..473fa30b98b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -rc sysstat-11.0.1/Makefile.in sysstat-11.0.1-new/Makefile.in
+*** sysstat-11.0.1/Makefile.in	2014-08-30 15:38:39.000000000 +0200
+--- sysstat-11.0.1-new/Makefile.in	2014-12-18 14:40:45.466349009 +0100
+***************
+*** 331,337 ****
+  install_base: all sa1 sa2 sysstat.sysconfig install_man install_nls \
+  	contrib/isag/isag
+  	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SA_LIB_DIR)
+- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR)
+  ifeq ($(CLEAN_SA_DIR),y)
+  	find $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR) \( -name 'sar??' -o -name 'sa??' -o -name 'sar??.gz' -o -name 'sa??.gz' \) \
+  		-exec rm -f {} \;
+--- 331,336 ----