diff --git a/mk/qemu.mk b/mk/qemu.mk
index 707cf60ea..03144ccb0 100644
--- a/mk/qemu.mk
+++ b/mk/qemu.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ QEMUFLAGS?=-d guest_errors -name "Redox OS $(ARCH)"
 netboot?=no
 redoxer?=no
 VGA_SUPPORTED=no
+QEMU_PATH?=$(shell command -v $(QEMU))
+QEMU_BASE_DIR?=$(shell if [ $(QEMU_PATH) ]; then realpath $$(dirname $(QEMU_PATH))/..; fi)
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),i586)
 	audio?=ac97
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ else ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
 			PFLASH0=$(firstword \
 				$(wildcard /usr/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd) \
 				$(wildcard /run/libvirt/nix-ovmf/edk2-x86_64-code.fd) \
+				$(wildcard $(QEMU_BASE_DIR)/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd) \
 				$(wildcard /opt/homebrew/opt/qemu/share/qemu/edk2s-x86_64-code.fd) \
 			)
 		endif
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ else ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)
 				PFLASH0=$(firstword \
 					$(wildcard /usr/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd) \
 					$(wildcard /run/libvirt/nix-ovmf/edk2-aarch64-code.fd) \
+					$(wildcard $(QEMU_BASE_DIR)/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd) \
 					$(wildcard /opt/homebrew/opt/qemu/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd) \
 				)
 			endif
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ else ifeq ($(ARCH),riscv64gc)
 		$(wildcard /usr/share/edk2/riscv/RISCV_VIRT_CODE.fd) \
 		$(wildcard /usr/share/qemu/edk2-riscv-code.fd) \
 		$(wildcard /run/libvirt/nix-ovmf/edk2-riscv-code.fd) \
+		$(wildcard $(QEMU_BASE_DIR)/share/qemu/edk2-riscv-code.fd) \
 		$(wildcard /opt/homebrew/opt/qemu/share/qemu/edk2-riscv-code.fd) \
 	)
 	PFLASH1=$(firstword \
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ else ifeq ($(ARCH),riscv64gc)
 		$(wildcard /usr/share/edk2/riscv/RISCV_VIRT_VARS.fd) \
 		$(wildcard /usr/share/qemu/edk2-riscv-vars.fd) \
 		$(wildcard /run/libvirt/nix-ovmf/edk2-riscv-vars.fd) \
+		$(wildcard $(QEMU_BASE_DIR)/share/qemu/edk2-riscv-vars.fd) \
 		$(wildcard /opt/homebrew/opt/qemu/share/qemu/edk2-riscv-vars.fd) \
 	)
 	ifneq ($(usb),no)