diff --git a/pkgs/games/quakespasm/vulkan.nix b/pkgs/games/quakespasm/vulkan.nix
index 1f3f25a9b119..1f1db3b66a0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/quakespasm/vulkan.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/quakespasm/vulkan.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     vulkan-headers
   ];
 
-  buildFlags = [ "DO_USERDIRS=1" ];
+  mesonFlags = [ "-Ddo_userdirs=enabled" ];
 
   env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.concatStringsSep " " [