diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ranger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ranger/default.nix
index c6bc87ce13d4..5fcb028f0cd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ranger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ranger/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, python, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, python, w3m }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "ranger-1.7.1";
@@ -17,4 +17,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python.modules; [ curses ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace ranger/ext/img_display.py \
+      --replace /usr/lib/w3m ${w3m}/libexec/w3m
+
+    for i in ranger/config/rc.conf doc/config/rc.conf ; do
+      substituteInPlace $i --replace /usr/share $out/share
+    done
+  '';
+
 }