diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index 3eae877ff61..60e17982b5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv, libXScrnSaver, libxkbfile }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "atom-${version}";
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm -r $out/share/lintian
     rm -r $out/usr/
     wrapProgram $out/bin/atom \
-      --prefix "PATH" : "${gvfs}/bin" \
-      --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libXScrnSaver ]}/libXss.so.1 \
-      --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libxkbfile ]}/libxkbfile.so.1
+      --prefix "PATH" : "${gvfs}/bin"
 
     fixupPhase
 
@@ -33,8 +31,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
       --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}" \
       $out/share/atom/resources/app/apm/bin/node
+
     patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
       $out/share/atom/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/symbols-view/vendor/ctags-linux
+
+    find $out/share/atom -name "*.node" -exec patchelf --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:$out/share/atom" {} \;
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
index 1285e46fb48..228a21dc430 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/env.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let
     fontconfig gdk_pixbuf cairo cups expat libgpgerror alsaLib nspr gconf nss
     xorg.libXrender xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXdamage xorg.libXtst
     xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXi xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXrandr
-    xorg.libXcursor libcap systemd libnotify
+    xorg.libXcursor xorg.libxkbfile xorg.libXScrnSaver libcap systemd libnotify
   ];
 
   libPathNative = lib.makeLibraryPath packages;