diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index a0bd1193d2c..0e09b0c20ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '' + lib.optionalString withNS ''
     mkdir -p $out/Applications
     mv nextstep/Emacs.app $out/Applications
+  '' + lib.optionalString (nativeComp && withNS) ''
+    ln -snf $out/lib/emacs/*/native-lisp $out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/native-lisp
   '';
 
   postFixup = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" [