diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frigate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frigate/package.nix
index 03229c25c5f9..4578d709a0ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frigate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frigate/package.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     substituteInPlace frigate/detectors/detector_config.py \
       --replace-fail "/labelmap.txt" "${placeholder "out"}/share/frigate/labelmap.txt"
 
+    substituteInPlace frigate/output/birdseye.py \
+      --replace-fail "/opt/frigate/" "${placeholder "out"}/${python.sitePackages}/"
+
     # work around onvif-zeep idiosyncrasy
     substituteInPlace frigate/ptz/onvif.py \
       --replace-fail dist-packages site-packages