diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/yate/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/yate/default.nix
index bd891ff8493..7d933f528fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/yate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/yate/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure =
     ''
       sed -i 's@,/dev/null@@' configure
+      patchShebangs configure
     '';
 
   # --unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-shared-libs makes ld no longer find --library=yate? Why?