diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/5.0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/5.0.1.nix
index ad920721451..1151cdfa51d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/5.0.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ghc-mod/5.0.1.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 { cabal, Cabal, convertible, deepseq, djinnGhc, doctest, emacs
 , filepath, ghcPaths, ghcSybUtils, haskellSrcExts, hlint, hspec
 , ioChoice, monadControl, monadJournal, mtl, split, syb, text, time
-, transformers, transformersBase
+, transformers, transformersBase, makeWrapper
 }:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     ghcSybUtils haskellSrcExts hlint hspec ioChoice monadControl
     monadJournal mtl split syb text time transformers transformersBase
   ];
-  buildTools = [ emacs ];
+  buildTools = [ emacs makeWrapper ];
   doCheck = false;
   configureFlags = "--datasubdir=${self.pname}-${self.version}";
+  # The method used below to wrap ghc-mod and ghc-modi was borrowed from the
+  # wrapper for haddock.
   postInstall = ''
     cd $out/share/$pname-$version
     make
@@ -32,20 +34,11 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     cd ..
     ensureDir "$out/share/emacs"
     mv $pname-$version emacs/site-lisp
-    mv $out/bin/ghc-mod $out/bin/.ghc-mod-wrapped
-    cat - > $out/bin/ghc-mod <<EOF
-    #! ${self.stdenv.shell}
-    eval exec $out/bin/.ghc-mod-wrapped \$( ${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.version} | tr " " "\n" | tail -n +2 | paste -d " " - - | sed 's/.*/-g "&"/' | tr "\n" " ") "\$@"
-    EOF
 
-    mv $out/bin/ghc-modi $out/bin/.ghc-modi-wrapped
-    cat - > $out/bin/ghc-modi <<EOF
-    #! ${self.stdenv.shell}
-    eval exec $out/bin/.ghc-modi-wrapped \$( ${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.version} | tr " " "\n" | tail -n +2 | paste -d " " - - | sed 's/.*/-g "&"/' | tr "\n" " ") "\$@"
-    EOF
-
-    chmod +x $out/bin/ghc-mod
-    chmod +x $out/bin/ghc-modi
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghc-mod --add-flags \
+      "\$(${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.version} \"\$(dirname \$0)\" \"-g -package-db -g\")"
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghc-modi --add-flags \
+      "\$(${self.ghc.GHCGetPackages} ${self.ghc.version} \"\$(dirname \$0)\" \"-g -package-db -g\")"
   '';
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.mew.org/~kazu/proj/ghc-mod/";