diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cabal/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cabal/default.nix
index c1b8d6d5fea..2eedd315830 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cabal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cabal/default.nix
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
               done
 
               echo "configure flags: $extraConfigureFlags $configureFlags"
-              ./Setup configure --verbose --prefix="$out" $extraConfigureFlags $configureFlags
+              ./Setup configure --verbose --prefix="$out" --libdir='$prefix/lib/$compiler' --libsubdir='$pkgid' $extraConfigureFlags $configureFlags
 
               eval "$postConfigure"
             '';
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
               ensureDir $out/bin # necessary to get it added to PATH
 
-              local confDir=$out/lib/ghc-pkgs/ghc-${ghc.ghc.version}
+              local confDir=$out/lib/ghc-${ghc.ghc.version}/package.conf.d
               local installedPkgConf=$confDir/${self.fname}.installedconf
               local pkgConf=$confDir/${self.fname}.conf
               ensureDir $confDir
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh
index 9ed1455d232..71e58e66a5e 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 PATH="$2:$PATH"
 IFS=":"
 for p in $PATH; do
-  PkgDir="$p/../lib/ghc-pkgs/ghc-$version"
+  PkgDir="$p/../lib/ghc-$version/package.conf.d"
   for i in $PkgDir/*.installedconf; do
     # output takes place here
     test -f $i && echo -n " $prefix$i"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/with-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/with-packages.nix
index 99e91901d00..28a639246ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/with-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/with-packages.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     echo "Linking selected packages and dependencies:"
 
     for currentPath in ${stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " " allPackages}; do
-      currentPkgDir="$currentPath/lib/ghc-pkgs/ghc-${ghc.version}"
+      currentPkgDir="$currentPath/lib/ghc-${ghc.version}/package.conf.d/"
       # Check if current path is a Cabal package for the current GHC
       if test -d $currentPkgDir; then
         echo -n "Linking $currentPath "