diff --git a/pkgs/games/quake3/quake3e/default.nix b/pkgs/games/quake3/quake3e/default.nix
index 25c6b4ddec09..7a1da6f6398c 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/quake3/quake3e/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/quake3/quake3e/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e 's#Sys_LoadLibrary( "libXrandr.so.2" )#Sys_LoadLibrary( "${libXrandr}/lib/libXrandr.so.2" )#' code/unix/x11_randr.c
     sed -i -e 's#Sys_LoadLibrary( "libXxf86vm.so.1" )#Sys_LoadLibrary( "${libXxf86vm}/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1" )#' code/unix/x11_randr.c
     sed -i -e 's#Sys_LoadLibrary( "libXxf86dga.so.1" )#Sys_LoadLibrary( "${libXxf86dga}/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1" )#' code/unix/x11_dga.c
+    sed -i -e 's#"libcurl.so.4"#"${curl.out}/lib/libcurl.so.4"#' code/client/cl_curl.h
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''