diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
index d451c1dab5c..c86ed3defbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ server = stdenv.mkDerivation (common // {
 
   # perlPackages.DBDmysql is broken on darwin
   postFixup = optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/mytop --set PATH ${less}/bin/less
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/mytop --set PATH ${makeBinPath [ less ncurses ]}
   '';
 
   CXXFLAGS = optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 "-fpermissive";