diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/stm8/stm8flash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/stm8/stm8flash/default.nix
index a34be169816d7..ee049d3758a20 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/stm8/stm8flash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/stm8/stm8flash/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libusb1, pkg-config }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "stm8flash";
   version = "2022-03-27";
 
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # NOTE: _FORTIFY_SOURCE requires compiling with optimization (-O)
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-O";
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    export DESTDIR=$out;
+  makeFlags = [
+    "DESTDIR=${placeholder "out"}"
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace 'pkg-config' '$(PKG_CONFIG)'
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];