diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix
index 28500ee08ee..965f0ed096c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sloccount/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, perl }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, perl, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "sloccount-2.26";
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0ayiwfjdh1946asah861ah9269s5xkc8p5fv1wnxs9znyaxs4zzs";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
 
   # Make sure the Flex-generated files are newer than the `.l' files, so that
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p "$out/share/doc"
   '';
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    for w in "$out/bin"/*; do
+      isScript "$w" || continue
+      wrapProgram "$w" --prefix PATH : "$out/bin"
+    done
+    '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Set of tools for counting physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC)";