diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/verilator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/verilator/default.nix
index 3c01f8f3749..ed4a430198a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/verilator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/verilator/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   buildInputs = [ perl flex_2_6_1 bison ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    sed -i -e '3a\#!/usr/bin/env perl' -e '1,3d' $out/bin/{verilator,verilator_coverage,verilator_profcfunc}
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Fast and robust (System)Verilog simulator/compiler";
     homepage    = "http://www.veripool.org/wiki/verilator";