diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/jwhois/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/jwhois/default.nix
index 67b93a1fa90..2a2e444f5b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/jwhois/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/jwhois/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, lynx, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "jwhois-4.0";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://gnu/jwhois/jwhois-4.0.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "0knn7iaj5v0n6jpmldyv2yk4bcy9dn3kywmv63bwc5drh9kvi6zs";
   };
 
-  postInstall = "ln -s jwhois $out/bin/whois";
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s jwhois $out/bin/whois
+    sed -i -e "s|/usr/bin/lynx|${lynx}/bin/lynx|g" $out/etc/jwhois.conf
+  '';
 
   patches = [ ./connect.patch ];