diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
index 948d8cb9867..4f268a3a104 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./clean-env.patch
+    ./tramp-detect-wrapped-gvfsd.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString srcRepo ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/tramp-detect-wrapped-gvfsd.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/tramp-detect-wrapped-gvfsd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d16194fd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/tramp-detect-wrapped-gvfsd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
+index f370abba31..f2806263a9 100644
+--- a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
++++ b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
+@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ tramp-gvfs-enabled
+     (and (featurep 'dbusbind)
+ 	 (tramp-compat-funcall 'dbus-get-unique-name :system)
+ 	 (tramp-compat-funcall 'dbus-get-unique-name :session)
+-	 (or (tramp-compat-process-running-p "gvfs-fuse-daemon")
++	 (or (tramp-compat-process-running-p ".gvfsd-fuse-wrapped")
++             (tramp-compat-process-running-p "gvfs-fuse-daemon")
+ 	     (tramp-compat-process-running-p "gvfsd-fuse"))))
+   "Non-nil when GVFS is available.")
+