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+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchgit
+, pkg-config
+, meson
+, ninja
+, systemd
+, liburing
+, zstd
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "plocate";
+  version = "1.1.7";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.sesse.net/plocate";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-5Ie4qgiKUoI9Kma6YvjXirvBbpbKVuaMSSAZa36zN3M=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i meson.build \
+      -e "s@unitdir =.*@unitdir = '$out/lib/systemd/system'@" \
+      -e '/mkdir\.sh/d'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ systemd liburing zstd ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # I don't know why we can't do this but instead have to resort to patching meson.build
+    #   "-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/systemd/system"
+    "-Dsharedstatedir=/var/lib"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Much faster locate";
+    homepage = "https://plocate.sesse.net/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}