diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
index 4f268a3a104..4a48cde571a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses, xlibsWrapper, libXaw, libXpm, Xaw3d
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses, xlibsWrapper, libXaw, libXpm, Xaw3d, libXcursor
 , pkgconfig, gettext, libXft, dbus, libpng, libjpeg, libungif
 , libtiff, librsvg, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls, libselinux
 , alsaLib, cairo, acl, gpm, cf-private, AppKit, GSS, ImageIO, m17n_lib, libotf
@@ -118,6 +118,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv nextstep/Emacs.app $out/Applications
   '';
 
+  postFixup =
+    let libPath = lib.makeLibraryPath [
+      libXcursor
+    ];
+    in lib.optionalString (withX && toolkit == "lucid") ''
+      patchelf --set-rpath \
+        "$(patchelf --print-rpath "$out/bin/emacs"):${libPath}" \
+        "$out/bin/emacs"
+      patchelf --add-needed "libXcursor.so.1" "$out/bin/emacs"
+    '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "The extensible, customizable GNU text editor";
     homepage    = https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/;