diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 31e6476d282..07728ed7f3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv}:
+{ stdenv, pkgs, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "atom-${version}";
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}" \
       $out/share/atom/resources/app/apm/bin/node
 
+    rm -f $out/share/atom/resources/app/node_modules/dugite/git/bin/git
+    ln -s ${pkgs.git}/bin/git $out/share/atom/resources/app/node_modules/dugite/git/bin/git
+
     find $out/share/atom -name "*.node" -exec patchelf --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$out/share/atom" {} \;
 
     paxmark m $out/share/atom/atom