diff --git a/pkgs/applications/jedit/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/jedit/wrapper.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/applications/jedit/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = args.jedit.name+"_startscript";
+
+    java = args.jre+"/bin/java";
+    jeditjar = args.jedit+"/lib/jedit.jar";
+
+    phases = "buildPhase";
+
+    buildPhase = "
+ensureDir \$out/bin
+cat > \$out/bin/${args.jedit.name} << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec $java -jar $jeditjar \\$*
+EOF
+  chmod +x \$out/bin/${args.jedit.name}
+";
+}