diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gmrun/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gmrun/default.nix
index 053da375ab15..47fb50242c1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gmrun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gmrun/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
       ./gcc43.patch
+      ./find-config-file-in-system-etc-dir.patch
       ./gmrun-0.9.2-xdg.patch
     ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gmrun/find-config-file-in-system-etc-dir.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/gmrun/find-config-file-in-system-etc-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12d5370961c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gmrun/find-config-file-in-system-etc-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -ur gmrun-0.9.2-orig/src/prefs.cc gmrun-0.9.2/src/prefs.cc
+--- gmrun-0.9.2-orig/src/prefs.cc	2019-05-02 12:56:39.025088361 +0200
++++ gmrun-0.9.2/src/prefs.cc	2019-05-02 13:21:51.179778620 +0200
+@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
+ 
+ Prefs::Prefs()
+ {
+-  string file_name = PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/";
+-  file_name += GMRUNRC;
+-  init(file_name);
++  string file_name = "/etc/" GMRUNRC;
++  if (!init(file_name)) {
++    file_name = PACKAGE_DATA_DIR "/" GMRUNRC;;
++    init(file_name);
++  }
+ 
+   file_name = getenv("HOME");
+   if (!file_name.empty()) {