diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix
index 1fd101564a3..773ad698629 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     wrapProgram $out/lib/erlang/bin/start_erl --prefix PATH ":" "${gnused}/bin/:${gawk}/bin"
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.erlang.org/";
     description = "Programming language used for massively scalable soft real-time systems";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R15.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R15.nix
index 12f7a020032..137bae6e461 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R15.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R15.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     wrapProgram $out/lib/erlang/bin/start_erl --prefix PATH ":" "${gnused}/bin/:${gawk}/bin"
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.erlang.org/";
     description = "Programming language used for massively scalable soft real-time systems";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
index cc15a2d21f5..151e0c3cbbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wrapProgram $out/lib/erlang/bin/start_erl --prefix PATH ":" "${gnused}/bin/:${gawk}/bin"
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.erlang.org/";
     description = "Programming language used for massively scalable soft real-time systems";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
index 6c24f6ecb79..e06b2741d35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wrapProgram $out/lib/erlang/bin/start_erl --prefix PATH ":" "${gnused}/bin/:${gawk}/bin"
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.erlang.org/";
     description = "Programming language used for massively scalable soft real-time systems";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R18.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R18.nix
index 1e90ceadcdc..670df423a9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R18.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R18.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wrapProgram $out/lib/erlang/bin/start_erl --prefix PATH ":" "${gnused}/bin/:${gawk}/bin"
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.erlang.org/";
     description = "Programming language used for massively scalable soft real-time systems";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68c0f762dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+addErlangLibPath() {
+    addToSearchPath ERL_LIBS $1/lib/erlang/lib
+}
+
+envHooks+=(addErlangLibPath)