1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
index 6667b309d1b..f69625e16cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     export AR="${ar}"
   '';
 
-  mesonFlags = [ "--buildtype=release" "-Db_lto=true" ];
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "--buildtype=release"
+    "-Db_lto=true"
+    "-Dterminfo-install-location=${placeholder "terminfo"}/share/terminfo"
+  ];
 
   # build and run binary generating PGO profiles,
   # then reconfigure to build the normal foot binary utilizing PGO
@@ -148,6 +152,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     llvm-profdata merge default_*profraw --output=default.profdata
   '';
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "terminfo" ];
+
+  # make sure nix-env and buildEnv also include the
+  # terminfo output when the package is installed
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/nix-support"
+    echo "$terminfo" >> "$out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages"
+  '';
+
   passthru.tests = {
     clang-default-compilation = foot.override {
       inherit (llvmPackages) stdenv;