diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kafkacat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/kafkacat/default.nix
index 0d5c6e83c01..3a1c4225bff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/kafkacat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/kafkacat/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib rdkafka yajl ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs ./configure
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A generic non-JVM producer and consumer for Apache Kafka";
     homepage = https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat;