diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
index f95272b7e8a..e301cc429b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/openresty/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''
     export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${libxml2}/include/libxml2 $additionalFlags"
     export PATH="$PATH:${stdenv.gcc.libc}/sbin"
+    patchShebangs .
   '';
 
   meta = {