diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
index 3c28133a2db..a0c774fb734 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/unbound/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 , libevent
 , dns-root-data
 , pkg-config
+, makeWrapper
   #
   # By default unbound will not be built with systemd support. Unbound is a very
   # commmon dependency. The transitive dependency closure of systemd also
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "man" ]; # "dev" would only split ~20 kB
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
   buildInputs = [ openssl nettle expat libevent ]
     ++ lib.optionals withSystemd [ pkg-config systemd ]
     ++ lib.optionals withDoH [ libnghttp2 ];
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     make unbound-event-install
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/unbound-control-setup \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ openssl ]}
   '';
 
   preFixup = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isLinux && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) # XXX: revisit