diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
index 775922c1f4c..e7d7d132617 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ wrapQtAppsHook() {
 
         find "$targetDir" -executable -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file
         do
+            isELF "$file" || continue
+
             if [ -f "$file" ]
             then
                 echo "wrapping $file"