diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac6a663cd378..3a87148ca4f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2500,6 +2500,9 @@ with pkgs;
       withAssets = true;
       withCoreInfo = true;
     };
+    settings = {
+      joypad_autoconfig_dir = "${retroarch-joypad-autoconfig}/share/libretro/autoconfig";
+    };
   };
 
   retroarch-assets = callPackage ../applications/emulators/retroarch/retroarch-assets.nix { };