diff --git a/srcpkgs/endless-sky/patches/paths.patch b/srcpkgs/endless-sky/patches/paths.patch
index e80095b88ef..36029192f4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/endless-sky/patches/paths.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/endless-sky/patches/paths.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+We need to patch for PREFIX and s/games/bin anyway,
+let's patch $DESTDIR, too
 --- a/SConstruct
 +++ b/SConstruct
-@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ opts.AddVariables(
  	PathVariable("BUILDDIR", "Directory to store compiled object files in", "build", PathVariable.PathIsDirCreate),
  	PathVariable("BIN_DIR", "Directory to store binaries in", ".", PathVariable.PathIsDirCreate),
  	PathVariable("DESTDIR", "Destination root directory, e.g. if building a package", "", PathVariable.PathAccept),
@@ -9,12 +11,72 @@
  )
  opts.Update(env)
  Help(opts.GenerateHelpText(env))
-@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
+@@ -157,22 +157,22 @@ env.AlwaysBuild("test")
  
  
  # Install the binary:
 -env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/games", sky)
-+env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/bin", sky)
++install = env.Install("$PREFIX/bin", sky)
  
  # Install the desktop file:
- env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/applications", "endless-sky.desktop")
+-env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/applications", "endless-sky.desktop")
++install += env.Install("$PREFIX/share/applications", "endless-sky.desktop")
+ 
+ # Install app center metadata:
+-env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/appdata", "endless-sky.appdata.xml")
++install += env.Install("$PREFIX/share/appdata", "endless-sky.appdata.xml")
+ 
+ # Install icons, keeping track of all the paths.
+ # Most Ubuntu apps supply 16, 22, 24, 32, 48, and 256, and sometimes others.
+ sizes = ["16x16", "22x22", "24x24", "32x32", "48x48", "128x128", "256x256", "512x512"]
+ icons = []
+ for size in sizes:
+-	destination = "$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor/" + size + "/apps/endless-sky.png"
++	destination = "$PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor/" + size + "/apps/endless-sky.png"
+ 	icons.append(destination)
+-	env.InstallAs(destination, "icons/icon_" + size + ".png")
++	install += env.InstallAs(destination, "icons/icon_" + size + ".png")
+ 
+ # If any of those icons changed, also update the cache.
+ # Do not update the cache if we're not installing into "usr".
+@@ -181,28 +181,30 @@ if env.get("PREFIX").startswith("/usr/")
+ 	env.Command(
+ 		[],
+ 		icons,
+-		"gtk-update-icon-cache -t $DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor/")
++		"gtk-update-icon-cache -t $PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor/")
+ 
+ # Install the man page.
+ env.Command(
+-	"$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/man/man6/endless-sky.6.gz",
++	"$PREFIX/share/man/man6/endless-sky.6.gz",
+ 	"endless-sky.6",
+ 	"gzip -c $SOURCE > $TARGET")
+ 
+ # Install the data files.
+ def RecursiveInstall(env, target, source):
+ 	rootIndex = len(env.Dir(source).abspath) + 1
++	install = []
+ 	for node in env.Glob(pathjoin(source, '*')):
+ 		if node.isdir():
+ 			name = node.abspath[rootIndex:]
+-			RecursiveInstall(env, pathjoin(target, name), node.abspath)
++			install += RecursiveInstall(env, pathjoin(target, name), node.abspath)
+ 		else:
+-			env.Install(target, node)
+-RecursiveInstall(env, "$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky/data", "data")
+-RecursiveInstall(env, "$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky/images", "images")
+-RecursiveInstall(env, "$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky/sounds", "sounds")
+-env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky", "credits.txt")
+-env.Install("$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky", "keys.txt")
++			install += env.Install(target, node)
++	return install
++install += RecursiveInstall(env, "$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky/data", "data")
++install += RecursiveInstall(env, "$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky/images", "images")
++install += RecursiveInstall(env, "$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky/sounds", "sounds")
++install += env.Install("$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky", "credits.txt")
++install += env.Install("$PREFIX/share/games/endless-sky", "keys.txt")
+ 
+ # Make the word "install" in the command line do an installation.
+-env.Alias("install", "$DESTDIR$PREFIX")
++env.Alias("install", install)