diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 71b2a7a08bba..76379a02ffbb 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
   auntie = "Jonathan Glines <auntieNeo@gmail.com>";
   avnik = "Alexander V. Nikolaev <avn@avnik.info>";
   aycanirican = "Aycan iRiCAN <iricanaycan@gmail.com>";
+  babariviere = "Bastien Riviere <babariviere@protonmail.com>";
   bachp = "Pascal Bach <pascal.bach@nextrem.ch>";
   backuitist = "Bruno Bieth";
   badi = "Badi' Abdul-Wahid <abdulwahidc@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/cmakepaths.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/cmakepaths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d237267078e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/cmakepaths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 04c5c58..429ca47 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "i386;x86_64" CACHE STRING  "Rogue")
+ 
+ set(EAR_LIB_FILE ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}ear${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+ set(EAR_LIB_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/bear")
+-set(DEFAULT_PRELOAD_FILE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${EAR_LIB_PATH}/${EAR_LIB_FILE} CACHE STRING "Default path to libear.")
++set(DEFAULT_PRELOAD_FILE ${EAR_LIB_PATH}/${EAR_LIB_FILE} CACHE STRING "Default path to libear.")
+ 
+ add_subdirectory(libear)
+ add_subdirectory(bear)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix
index 6afec72de5fd..8f352f84b228 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bear/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # all fail
 
-  patches = [ ./ignore_wrapper.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./ignore_wrapper.patch ./cmakepaths.patch ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Tool that generates a compilation database for clang tooling";
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear;
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.vcunat ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vcunat maintainers.babariviere ];
   };
 }