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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/postgresql-disable-normalize_exec_path.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/postgresql-disable-normalize_exec_path.patch
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index 0000000000..0397bd5a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/postgresql-disable-normalize_exec_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/src/common/exec.c b/src/common/exec.c
+index f209b93..ed42202 100644
+--- a/src/common/exec.c
++++ b/src/common/exec.c
+@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ find_my_exec(const char *argv0, char *retpath)
+ static int
+ normalize_exec_path(char *path)
+ {
++ /*
++ * Guix specific patch: postgresql extensions need to be located in the
++ * same directory as postgresql.
++ * In Guix we currently use directory-unions to create extended postgresql
++ * packages. Directory unions use symlinks, that's why we need to be able
++ * to use symlinks.
++ */
++ return 0;
+ /*
+ * We used to do a lot of work ourselves here, but now we just let
+ * realpath(3) do all the heavy lifting.
+--
+2.46.0
+