diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/emby.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/emby.nix
index fe872349f45..9f290ed70c9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/emby.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/emby.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ in
         User = cfg.user;
         Group = cfg.group;
         PermissionsStartOnly = "true";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.mono}/bin/mono ${pkgs.emby}/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.emby}/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono";
         Restart = "on-failure";
       };
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/emby/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/emby/default.nix
index b1667bd3366..0a6bcdc72af 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/emby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/emby/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgs, ... }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgs, makeWrapper, mono, ffmpeg, ... }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "emby-${version}";
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0xm3jw8ll49akr4fxa5qjbsglcgb6fq6nc54zppannxdlfkqj5jk";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
     mono
     sqlite
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     cp -r MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/bin/Release\ Mono/* $out/bin/
+
+    makeWrapper "${mono}/bin/mono" $out/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono \
+      --add-flags "$out/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe -ffmpeg ${ffmpeg}/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe ${ffmpeg}/bin/ffprobe"
   '';
 
   meta = {