diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin.nix
index 523283b453a..37ad643930a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool python3 imagemagick libwnck gtk2
     exo libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfce4panel xfconf xfce4_dev_tools ];
 
-  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;