diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
index 3a3a3626fb9..14fd6ce4193 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ which pkgconfig libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xcbutil bison xcbutilwm
     libstartup_notification libX11 pcre libev yajl flex libXcursor perl ];
 
+  patchPhase = "patchShebangs .";
+
   configurePhase = "makeFlags=PREFIX=$out";
 
   meta = {