diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.4.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.4.nix
index c7bb6cfb6cd..b4b4cf49592 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-httpd/2.4.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, zlib, apr, aprutil, pcre, libiconv
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, zlib, apr, aprutil, pcre, libiconv, lynx
 , proxySupport ? true
 , sslSupport ? true, openssl
 , http2Support ? true, nghttp2
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   prePatch = ''
     sed -i config.layout -e "s|installbuilddir:.*|installbuilddir: $dev/share/build|"
+    sed -i support/apachectl.in -e 's|@LYNX_PATH@|${lynx}/bin/lynx|'
   '';
 
   # Required for ‘pthread_cancel’.