diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
index 2f170739315dc..294666f19201a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/ImageMagick/default.nix
@@ -128,8 +128,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postInstall = ''
     (cd "$dev/include" && ln -s ImageMagick* ImageMagick)
+    # Q16HDRI = 16 bit quantum depth with HDRI support, and is the default ImageMagick configuration
+    # If the default is changed, or the derivation is modified to use a different configuration
+    # this will need to be changed below.
     moveToOutput "bin/*-config" "$dev"
     moveToOutput "lib/ImageMagick-*/config-Q16HDRI" "$dev" # includes configure params
+    configDestination=($out/share/ImageMagick-*)
+    grep -v '/nix/store' $dev/lib/ImageMagick-*/config-Q16HDRI/configure.xml > $configDestination/configure.xml
     for file in "$dev"/bin/*-config; do
       substituteInPlace "$file" --replace pkg-config \
         "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='$dev/lib/pkgconfig' '$(command -v $PKG_CONFIG)'"