diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 39fe8fcb77e..9f0c97ce154 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       $out/share/atom/resources/app/apm/bin/node
 
     find $out/share/atom -name "*.node" -exec patchelf --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$out/share/atom" {} \;
+
+    paxmark m $out/share/atom/atom
+    paxmark m $out/share/atom/resources/app/apm/bin/node
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {