diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
index eb6e7715385..7c87c1a9234 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ wrapQtAppsHook() {
 
         find "$targetDir" -executable -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file
         do
-            isELFExec "$file" || continue
+            patchelf --print-interpreter "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1 || continue
 
             if [ -f "$file" ]
             then