diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-format.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-format.nix
index 48eafff6f72..6fb36d7cbfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-format.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-format.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ mkDerivation {
     tasty-hunit tasty-quickcheck text union-find wl-pprint
   ];
   jailbreak = true;
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s $out/bin/elm-format-0.18 $out/bin/elm-format
+  '';
   homepage = "http://elm-lang.org";
   description = "A source code formatter for Elm";
   license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;