diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils-wrapper/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils-wrapper/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dfd942f687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils-wrapper/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+. $makeWrapper
+
+makeWrapper "$findutils/bin/locate" "$out/bin/locate" \
+--database=/var/locatedb
+
+makeWrapper "$findutils/bin/updatedb" "$out/bin/updatedb" \
+--set LOCATE_DB /var/locatedb
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils-wrapper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc9aa7acf63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, findutils}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = findutils.name;
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  makeWrapper = ../../../build-support/make-wrapper/make-wrapper.sh;
+
+  inherit findutils;
+}