diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml
index bf8be1b68f2..ade7d5581ce 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ following incompatible changes:</para>
 
   <listitem>
     <para>The directory container setuid wrapper programs,
-    <filename>/var/permissions-wrappers</filename>, <link
+    <filename>/var/setuid-wrappers</filename>, <link
     xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18124">is now
     updated atomically to prevent failures if the switch to a new
     configuration is interrupted.</link></para>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
index 177010e2a32..94aa674fed6 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ has the following highlights: </para>
     xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-overlays-install">Nixpkgs
     manual</link> for more information.</para>
   </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+
+    <para>Setting capabilities on programs is now supported with a
+    <literal>setcap-wrapper</literal> functionality. This
+    functionality and the <literal>setuid-wrapper</literal> are merged
+    into a single "wrappers" module.</para>
+  </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>The following new services were added since the last release:</para>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix b/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
index 7003c074522..8a7b3ea0bfd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ in
 
          ${cfg.extraInit}
 
-         # The setuid wrappers override other bin directories.
-         export PATH="${config.security.permissionsWrapperDir}:$PATH"
+         # The setuid/setcap wrappers override other bin directories.
+         export PATH="${config.security.wrapperDir}:$PATH"
 
          # ~/bin if it exists overrides other bin directories.
          export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
index bb379dafc64..657c28f095d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-generate-config.pl
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ foreach my $fs (read_file("/proc/self/mountinfo")) {
 
     # Skip special filesystems.
     next if in($mountPoint, "/proc") || in($mountPoint, "/dev") || in($mountPoint, "/sys") || in($mountPoint, "/run") || $mountPoint eq "/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs";
-    next if $mountPoint eq "/var/permissions-wrappers";
+    next if $mountPoint eq "/run/wrappers";
 
     # Skip the optional fields.
     my $n = 6; $n++ while $fields[$n] ne "-"; $n++;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
index 4e9f8ab60f2..36b1a47956d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
@@ -92,14 +92,13 @@ fi
 mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/dev $mountPoint/proc $mountPoint/sys $mountPoint/etc $mountPoint/run $mountPoint/home
 mkdir -m 01777 -p $mountPoint/tmp
 mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/tmp/root
-mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/var/permissions-wrappers
+mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/var
 mkdir -m 0700 -p $mountPoint/root
 mount --rbind /dev $mountPoint/dev
 mount --rbind /proc $mountPoint/proc
 mount --rbind /sys $mountPoint/sys
 mount --rbind / $mountPoint/tmp/root
 mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none $mountPoint/run
-mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none $mountPoint/var/permissions-wrappers
 rm -rf $mountPoint/var/run
 ln -s /run $mountPoint/var/run
 for f in /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts; do rm -f $mountPoint/$f; [ -f "$f" ] && cp -Lf $f $mountPoint/etc/; done
@@ -260,9 +259,9 @@ chroot $mountPoint /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/activate
 
 
 # Ask the user to set a root password.
-if [ -z "$noRootPasswd" ] && chroot $mountPoint [ -x /var/permissions-wrappers/passwd ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
+if [ -z "$noRootPasswd" ] && chroot $mountPoint [ -x /run/wrappers/passwd ] && [ -t 0 ]; then
     echo "setting root password..."
-    chroot $mountPoint /var/permissions-wrappers/passwd
+    chroot $mountPoint /run/wrappers/passwd
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index f7206ea931b..bd351460a52 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
   ./security/prey.nix
   ./security/rngd.nix
   ./security/rtkit.nix
-  ./security/permissions-wrappers
+  ./security/wrappers
   ./security/sudo.nix
   ./services/amqp/activemq/default.nix
   ./services/amqp/rabbitmq.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/kbdlight.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/kbdlight.nix
index 30767a03291..0172368e968 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/kbdlight.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/kbdlight.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.kbdlight ];
-
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-    [ { program = "kbdlight";
-        source  = "${pkgs.kbdlight.out}/bin/kbdlight";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;        
-    }];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "kbdlight" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/light.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/light.nix
index c89f8e93721..09cd1113d9c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/light.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/light.nix
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.light ];
-
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-    [ { program = "light";
-        source  = "${pkgs.light.out}/bin/light";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;        
-    }];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "light" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix
index 08d96cbcf4b..c5a50318026 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix
@@ -101,49 +101,9 @@ in
         chpasswd = { rootOK = true; };
       };
 
-
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = 
-    [
-      { program = "su";
-        source  = "${pkgs.shadow.su}/bin/su";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;        
-      }
-
-      { program = "chfn";
-        source  = "${pkgs.shadow.out}/bin/chfn";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;
-      }
-    ] ++
-    (lib.optionals config.users.mutableUsers
-     map (x: x // { owner   = "root";
-                    group   = "root";
-                    setuid  = true;
-                  })
-         [
-           { program = "passwd";
-             source  = "${pkgs.shadow.out}/bin/passwd";
-           }
-
-           { program = "sg";
-             source  = "${pkgs.shadow.out}/bin/sg";
-           }
-
-           { program = "newgrp";
-             source  = "${pkgs.shadow.out}/bin/newgrp";
-           }
-
-           { program = "newuidmap";
-             source  = "${pkgs.shadow.out}/bin/newuidmap";
-           }
-
-           { program = "newgidmap";
-             source  = "${pkgs.shadow.out}/bin/newgidmap";
-           }
-         ]
-    );
+    security.setuidPrograms = [
+      "su" "chfn" "newuidmap" "newgidmap"
+      ] ++ lib.optionals config.users.mutableUsers
+      [ "passwd" "sg" "newgrp" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix b/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix
index 799f27b6708..e7b870864ee 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/apparmor-suid.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ with lib;
   config = mkIf (cfg.confineSUIDApplications) {
     security.apparmor.profiles = [ (pkgs.writeText "ping" ''
       #include <tunables/global>
-      /var/permissions-wrappers/ping {
+      /run/wrappers/ping {
         #include <abstractions/base>
         #include <abstractions/consoles>
         #include <abstractions/nameservice>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ with lib;
         ${pkgs.attr.out}/lib/libattr.so* mr,
 
         ${pkgs.iputils}/bin/ping mixr,
-        /var/permissions-wrappers/ping.real r,
+        /run/wrappers/ping.real r,
 
         #/etc/modules.conf r,
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/chromium-suid-sandbox.nix b/nixos/modules/security/chromium-suid-sandbox.nix
index 6fe25213639..0699fbb728a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/chromium-suid-sandbox.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/chromium-suid-sandbox.nix
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ sandbox ];
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = [
-      { program = sandbox.passthru.sandboxExecutableName;
-        source  = "${sandbox}/bin/${sandbox.passthru.sandboxExecutableName}";
-      }
-    ];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ sandbox.passthru.sandboxExecutableName ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix b/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
index e5b35427015..ee62c34438e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
@@ -188,16 +188,7 @@ in
 
      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.duo-unix ];
 
-     security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-     [
-       { program = "login_duo";
-         source  = "${pkgs.duo-unix.out}/bin/login_duo";
-         owner   = "root";
-         group   = "root";
-         setuid  = true;
-       }
-     ];
-
+     security.setuidPrograms = [ "login_duo" ];
      environment.etc = loginCfgFile ++ pamCfgFile;
 
      /* If PAM *and* SSH are enabled, then don't do anything special.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
index c5088b64bb3..3c944acf6cf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
@@ -472,33 +472,14 @@ in
       ++ optionals config.security.pam.enableU2F [ pkgs.pam_u2f ]
       ++ optionals config.security.pam.enableEcryptfs [ pkgs.ecryptfs ];
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-      [
-        { program = "unix_chkpwd";
-          source = "${pkgs.pam}/sbin/unix_chkpwd.orig";
-          owner = "root";
-          group = "root";
-          setuid = true;
-        }
+    security.setuidPrograms =
+      optionals config.security.pam.enableEcryptfs [ "mount.ecryptfs_private" "umount.ecryptfs_private" ];
 
-
-          
-      ] ++ (optional config.security.pam.enableEcryptfs 
-        { program = "umount.ecryptfs_private";
-          source  = "${pkgs.ecryptfs.out}/bin/umount.ecryptfs_private";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;
-        }
-      ) ++ (optional config.security.pam.enableEcryptfs
-        { program = "mount.ecryptfs_private";
-          source  = "${pkgs.ecryptfs.out}/bin/mount.ecryptfs_private";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;
-        }
-      );
-        
+    security.wrappers.unix_chkpwd = {
+      source = "${pkgs.pam}/sbin/unix_chkpwd.orig";
+      owner = "root";
+      setuid = true;
+    };
 
     environment.etc =
       mapAttrsToList (n: v: makePAMService v) config.security.pam.services;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/pam_usb.nix b/nixos/modules/security/pam_usb.nix
index 53a7921a244..032f8e38d11 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/pam_usb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/pam_usb.nix
@@ -33,22 +33,7 @@ in
   config = mkIf (cfg.enable || anyUsbAuth) {
 
     # Make sure pmount and pumount are setuid wrapped.
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-      [
-        { program = "pmount";
-          source  = "${pkgs.pmount.out}/bin/pmount";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;
-        }
-
-        { program = "pumount";
-          source  = "${pkgs.pmount.out}/bin/pumount";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;
-        }
-      ];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "pmount" "pumount" ];
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.pmount ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 480bd371040..00000000000
--- a/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-let
-
-  inherit (config.security) run-permissionsWrapperDir permissionsWrapperDir;
-
-  isNotNull = v: if v != null then true else false;
-
-  cfg = config.security.permissionsWrappers;
-
-  setcapWrappers = import ./setcap-wrapper-drv.nix {
-    inherit config lib pkgs;
-  };
-
-  setuidWrappers = import ./setuid-wrapper-drv.nix {
-    inherit config lib pkgs;
-  };
-
-  ###### Activation script for the setcap wrappers
-  configureSetcapWrapper =
-    { program
-    , capabilities
-    , source ? null
-    , owner  ? "nobody"
-    , group  ? "nogroup"
-    }: ''
-      cp ${setcapWrappers}/bin/${program}.wrapper $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-
-      # Prevent races
-      chmod 0000 $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-      chown ${owner}.${group} $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-
-      # Set desired capabilities on the file plus cap_setpcap so
-      # the wrapper program can elevate the capabilities set on
-      # its file into the Ambient set.
-      #
-      # Only set the capabilities though if we're being told to
-      # do so.
-      ${pkgs.libcap.out}/bin/setcap "cap_setpcap,${capabilities}" $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-
-      # Set the executable bit
-      chmod u+rx,g+x,o+x $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-    '';
-
-  ###### Activation script for the setuid wrappers
-  configureSetuidWrapper =
-    { program
-    , source ? null
-    , owner  ? "nobody"
-    , group  ? "nogroup"
-    , setuid ? false
-    , setgid ? false
-    , permissions ? "u+rx,g+x,o+x"
-    }: ''
-      cp ${setuidWrappers}/bin/${program}.wrapper $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-
-      # Prevent races
-      chmod 0000 $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-      chown ${owner}.${group} $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-
-      chmod "u${if setuid then "+" else "-"}s,g${if setgid then "+" else "-"}s,${permissions}" $permissionsWrapperDir/${program}
-    '';
-in
-{
-
-  ###### interface
-
-  options = {
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setcap = lib.mkOption {
-      type    = lib.types.listOf lib.types.attrs;
-      default = [];
-      example =
-        [ { program = "ping";
-            source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping";
-            owner   = "nobody";
-            group   = "nogroup";
-            capabilities = "cap_net_raw+ep";
-          }
-        ];
-      description = ''
-        This option sets capabilities on a wrapper program that
-        propagates those capabilities down to the wrapped, real
-        program.
-
-        The `program` attribute is the name of the program to be
-        wrapped. If no `source` attribute is provided, specifying the
-        absolute path to the program, then the program will be
-        searched for in the path environment variable.
-
-        NOTE: cap_setpcap, which is required for the wrapper program
-        to be able to raise caps into the Ambient set is NOT raised to
-        the Ambient set so that the real program cannot modify its own
-        capabilities!! This may be too restrictive for cases in which
-        the real program needs cap_setpcap but it at least leans on
-        the side security paranoid vs. too relaxed.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.attrs;
-      default = [];
-      example =
-        [ { program = "sendmail";
-            source = "/nix/store/.../bin/sendmail";
-            owner = "nobody";
-            group = "postdrop";
-            setuid = false;
-            setgid = true;
-            permissions = "u+rx,g+x,o+x";
-          }
-        ];
-      description = ''
-        This option allows the ownership and permissions on the setuid
-        wrappers for specific programs to be overridden from the
-        default (setuid root, but not setgid root).
-      '';
-    };
-
-    security.permissionsWrapperDir = lib.mkOption {
-      type        = lib.types.path;
-      default     = "/var/permissions-wrappers";
-      internal    = true;
-      description = ''
-        This option defines the path to the permissions wrappers. It
-        should not be overriden.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    security.run-permissionsWrapperDir = lib.mkOption {
-      type        = lib.types.path;
-      default     = "/run/permissions-wrapper-dirs";
-      internal    = true;
-      description = ''
-        This option defines the run path to the permissions
-        wrappers. It should not be overriden.
-      '';
-    };
-
-  };
-
-
-  ###### implementation
-  
-  config = {
-
-    # Make sure our setcap-wrapper dir exports to the PATH env
-    # variable when initializing the shell
-    environment.extraInit = ''
-    # The permissions wrappers override other bin directories.
-    export PATH="${permissionsWrapperDir}:$PATH"
-    '';
-
-    system.activationScripts.wrapper-dir = ''
-      mkdir -p "${permissionsWrapperDir}"
-    '';
-
-    ###### setcap activation script
-    system.activationScripts.permissions-wrappers =
-      lib.stringAfter [ "users" ]
-        ''
-          # Look in the system path and in the default profile for
-          # programs to be wrapped.
-          PERMISSIONS_WRAPPER_PATH=${config.system.path}/bin:${config.system.path}/sbin
-
-          mkdir -p ${run-permissionsWrapperDir}
-          permissionsWrapperDir=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir=${run-permissionsWrapperDir} permissions-wrappers.XXXXXXXXXX)
-          chmod a+rx $permissionsWrapperDir
-
-          ${lib.concatMapStrings configureSetcapWrapper (builtins.filter isNotNull cfg.setcap)}
-          ${lib.concatMapStrings configureSetuidWrapper (builtins.filter isNotNull cfg.setuid)}
-
-          if [ -L ${permissionsWrapperDir} ]; then
-            # Atomically replace the symlink
-            # See https://axialcorps.com/2013/07/03/atomically-replacing-files-and-directories/
-            old=$(readlink ${permissionsWrapperDir})
-            ln --symbolic --force --no-dereference $permissionsWrapperDir ${permissionsWrapperDir}-tmp
-            mv --no-target-directory ${permissionsWrapperDir}-tmp ${permissionsWrapperDir}
-            rm --force --recursive $old
-          elif [ -d ${permissionsWrapperDir} ]; then
-            # Compatibility with old state, just remove the folder and symlink
-            rm -f ${permissionsWrapperDir}/*
-            # if it happens to be a tmpfs
-            ${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/umount ${permissionsWrapperDir} || true
-            rm -d ${permissionsWrapperDir}
-            ln -d --symbolic $permissionsWrapperDir ${permissionsWrapperDir}
-          else
-            # For initial setup
-            ln --symbolic $permissionsWrapperDir ${permissionsWrapperDir}
-          fi
-        '';
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/polkit.nix b/nixos/modules/security/polkit.nix
index 098319d5ded..547b40cedfd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/polkit.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/polkit.nix
@@ -83,22 +83,8 @@ in
 
     security.pam.services.polkit-1 = {};
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = 
-      [
-        { program = "pkexec";
-          source  = "${pkgs.polkit.out}/bin/pkexec";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;
-        }
-
-        { program = "polkit-agent-helper-1";
-          owner = "root";
-          group = "root";
-          setuid = true;
-          source = "${pkgs.polkit.out}/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1";
-        }
-      ];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "pkexec" ];
+    security.wrappers."polkit-agent-helper-1".source = "${pkgs.polkit.out}/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1";
 
     system.activationScripts.polkit =
       ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix b/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
index 652f23c2938..f5612e1b0c5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
@@ -81,22 +81,7 @@ in
         ${cfg.extraConfig}
       '';
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-     [
-       { program = "sudo";
-         source  = "${pkgs.sudo.out}/bin/sudo";
-         owner   = "root";
-         group   = "root";
-         setuid  = true;
-       }
-
-       { program = "sudoedit";
-         source  = "${pkgs.sudo.out}/bin/sudoedit";
-         owner   = "root";
-         group   = "root";
-         setuid  = true;
-       }
-    ];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "sudo" "sudoedit" ];
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ sudo ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d12209b375b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+
+  inherit (config.security) wrapperDir;
+
+  isNotNull = v: if v != null || v != "" then true else false;
+
+  cfg = config.security.wrappers;
+
+  setcapWrappers = import ./setcap-wrapper-drv.nix {
+    inherit config lib pkgs;
+  };
+
+  setuidWrappers = import ./setuid-wrapper-drv.nix {
+    inherit config lib pkgs;
+  };
+
+  ###### Activation script for the setcap wrappers
+  mkSetcapProgram =
+    { program
+    , capabilities
+    , source ? null
+    , owner  ? "nobody"
+    , group  ? "nogroup"
+    ...
+    }: ''
+      cp ${setcapWrappers}/bin/${program}.wrapper $wrapperDir/${program}
+
+      # Prevent races
+      chmod 0000 $wrapperDir/${program}
+      chown ${owner}.${group} $wrapperDir/${program}
+
+      # Set desired capabilities on the file plus cap_setpcap so
+      # the wrapper program can elevate the capabilities set on
+      # its file into the Ambient set.
+      #
+      # Only set the capabilities though if we're being told to
+      # do so.
+      ${pkgs.libcap.out}/bin/setcap "cap_setpcap,${capabilities}" $wrapperDir/${program}
+
+      # Set the executable bit
+      chmod u+rx,g+x,o+x $wrapperDir/${program}
+    '';
+
+  ###### Activation script for the setuid wrappers
+  mkSetuidProgram =
+    { program
+    , source ? null
+    , owner  ? "nobody"
+    , group  ? "nogroup"
+    , setuid ? false
+    , setgid ? false
+    , permissions ? "u+rx,g+x,o+x"
+    ...
+    }: ''
+      cp ${setuidWrappers}/bin/${program}.wrapper $wrapperDir/${program}
+
+      # Prevent races
+      chmod 0000 $wrapperDir/${program}
+      chown ${owner}.${group} $wrapperDir/${program}
+
+      chmod "u${if setuid then "+" else "-"}s,g${if setgid then "+" else "-"}s,${permissions}" $wrapperDir/${program}
+    '';
+in
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+    security.wrappers.setcap = lib.mkOption {
+      type    = lib.types.listOf lib.types.attrs;
+      default = [];
+      example =
+        [ { program = "ping";
+            source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping";
+            owner   = "nobody";
+            group   = "nogroup";
+            capabilities = "cap_net_raw+ep";
+          }
+        ];
+      description = ''
+        This option sets capabilities on a wrapper program that
+        propagates those capabilities down to the wrapped, real
+        program.
+
+        The <literal>program</literal> attribute is the name of the
+        program to be wrapped. If no <literal>source</literal>
+        attribute is provided, specifying the absolute path to the
+        program, then the program will be searched for in the path
+        environment variable.
+
+        NOTE: cap_setpcap, which is required for the wrapper program
+        to be able to raise caps into the Ambient set is NOT raised to
+        the Ambient set so that the real program cannot modify its own
+        capabilities!! This may be too restrictive for cases in which
+        the real program needs cap_setpcap but it at least leans on
+        the side security paranoid vs. too relaxed.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    security.setuidPrograms = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.str;
+      default = [];
+      example = ["passwd"];
+      description = ''
+        The Nix store cannot contain setuid/setgid programs directly.
+        For this reason, NixOS can automatically generate wrapper
+        programs that have the necessary privileges.  This option
+        lists the names of programs in the system environment for
+        which setuid root wrappers should be created.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    security.wrappers = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.attrs;
+      default = {};
+      example = {
+        sendmail.source = "/nix/store/.../bin/sendmail";
+      };
+      description = ''
+        This option allows the ownership and permissions on the setuid
+        wrappers for specific programs to be overridden from the
+        default (setuid root, but not setgid root).
+      '';
+    };
+
+    security.old-wrapperDir = lib.mkOption {
+      type        = lib.types.path;
+      default     = "/var/setuid-wrappers";
+      internal    = true;
+      description = ''
+        This option defines the path to the wrapper programs. It
+        should not be overriden.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    security.wrapperDir = lib.mkOption {
+      type        = lib.types.path;
+      default     = "/run/wrappers";
+      internal    = true;
+      description = ''
+        This option defines the path to the wrapper programs. It
+        should not be overriden.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+  config = {
+    # Make sure our setcap-wrapper dir exports to the PATH env
+    # variable when initializing the shell
+    environment.extraInit = ''
+      # The permissions wrappers override other bin directories.
+      export PATH="${wrapperDir}:$PATH"
+    '';
+
+    ###### setcap activation script
+    system.activationScripts.wrappers =
+      let
+        programs =
+          (map (x: { program = x; owner = "root"; group = "root"; setuid = true; })
+            config.security.setuidPrograms)
+            ++ lib.mapAttrsToList
+                 (n: v: (if v ? "program" then v else v // {program=n;}))
+                 cfg.wrappers;
+
+        wrapperPrograms =
+          builtins.map
+            (s: if (s ? "setuid"  && s.setuid  == true) ||
+                   (s ? "setguid" && s.setguid == true) ||
+                   (s ? "permissions")
+                then mkSetuidProgram s
+                else if (s ? "capabilities")
+                then mkSetcapProgram s
+                else ""
+            ) programs;
+
+      in lib.stringAfter [ "users" ]
+        ''
+          # Look in the system path and in the default profile for
+          # programs to be wrapped.
+          WRAPPER_PATH=${config.system.path}/bin:${config.system.path}/sbin
+
+          mkdir -p ${wrapperDir}
+          wrapperDir=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir=${wrapperDir} wrappers.XXXXXXXXXX)
+          chmod a+rx $wrapperDir
+
+          ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (builtins.filter isNotNull cfg.wrappers)}
+        '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/permissions-wrapper.c b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/permissions-wrapper.c
similarity index 100%
rename from nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/permissions-wrapper.c
rename to nixos/modules/security/wrappers/permissions-wrapper.c
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/setcap-wrapper-drv.nix b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/setcap-wrapper-drv.nix
similarity index 92%
rename from nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/setcap-wrapper-drv.nix
rename to nixos/modules/security/wrappers/setcap-wrapper-drv.nix
index 2ae3067b1b1..03dca5c9f42 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/setcap-wrapper-drv.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/setcap-wrapper-drv.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let  
-     cfg = config.security.permissionsWrappers;
+     cfg = config.security.wrappers;
 
      # Produce a shell-code splice intended to be stitched into one of
      # the build or install phases within the derivation.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ let
          source=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/${program}
        fi
 
-       gcc -Wall -O2 -DWRAPPER_SETCAP=1 -DSOURCE_PROG=\"$source\" -DWRAPPER_DIR=\"${config.security.run-permissionsWrapperDir}\" \
+       gcc -Wall -O2 -DWRAPPER_SETCAP=1 -DSOURCE_PROG=\"$source\" -DWRAPPER_DIR=\"${config.security.run-wrapperDir}\" \
            -lcap-ng -lcap ${./permissions-wrapper.c} -o $out/bin/${program}.wrapper -L ${pkgs.libcap.lib}/lib -L ${pkgs.libcap_ng}/lib \
            -I ${pkgs.libcap.dev}/include -I ${pkgs.libcap_ng}/include -I ${pkgs.linuxHeaders}/include
      '';
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/setuid-wrapper-drv.nix b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/setuid-wrapper-drv.nix
similarity index 75%
rename from nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/setuid-wrapper-drv.nix
rename to nixos/modules/security/wrappers/setuid-wrapper-drv.nix
index 53cce2ff48e..e08ae799bf4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/permissions-wrappers/setuid-wrapper-drv.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/wrappers/setuid-wrapper-drv.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let  
-     cfg = config.security.permissionsWrappers;
+     cfg = config.security.wrappers;
 
      # Produce a shell-code splice intended to be stitched into one of
      # the build or install phases within the derivation.
      mkSetuidWrapper = { program, source ? null, ...}: ''
-       if ! source=${if source != null then source else "$(readlink -f $(PATH=$PERMISSIONS_WRAPPER_PATH type -tP ${program}))"}; then
-         # If we can't find the program, fall back to the
-         # system profile.
-         source=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/${program}
+       if ! source=${if source != null then source else "$(readlink -f $(PATH=$WRAPPER_PATH type -tP ${program}))"}; then
+           # If we can't find the program, fall back to the
+           # system profile.
+           source=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/${program}
        fi
 
-       gcc -Wall -O2 -DWRAPPER_SETUID=1 -DSOURCE_PROG=\"$source\" -DWRAPPER_DIR=\"${config.security.run-permissionsWrapperDir}\" \
+       gcc -Wall -O2 -DWRAPPER_SETUID=1 -DSOURCE_PROG=\"$source\" -DWRAPPER_DIR=\"${config.security.run-wrapperDir}\" \
            -lcap-ng -lcap ${./permissions-wrapper.c} -o $out/bin/${program}.wrapper -L ${pkgs.libcap.lib}/lib -L ${pkgs.libcap_ng}/lib \
            -I ${pkgs.libcap.dev}/include -I ${pkgs.libcap_ng}/include -I ${pkgs.linuxHeaders}/include
      '';
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
index 86451ec318c..c933c496479 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ let
     };
 
   cronJob = ''
-    @reboot   logcheck env PATH=/var/permissions-wrappers:$PATH nice -n10 ${pkgs.logcheck}/sbin/logcheck -R ${flags}
-    2 ${cfg.timeOfDay} * * * logcheck env PATH=/var/permissions-wrappers:$PATH nice -n10 ${pkgs.logcheck}/sbin/logcheck ${flags}
+    @reboot   logcheck env PATH=/run/wrappers:$PATH nice -n10 ${pkgs.logcheck}/sbin/logcheck -R ${flags}
+    2 ${cfg.timeOfDay} * * * logcheck env PATH=/run/wrappers:$PATH nice -n10 ${pkgs.logcheck}/sbin/logcheck ${flags}
   '';
 
   writeIgnoreRule = name: {level, regex, ...}:
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
index 6b37a8a4ea2..7cea2f75439 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let
     ''
       base_dir = ${baseDir}
       protocols = ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.protocols}
-      sendmail_path = /var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail
+      sendmail_path = /run/wrappers/sendmail
     ''
 
     (if isNull cfg.sslServerCert then ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix
index 6dfb8fdef11..71414bddd5d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ in
       etc."exim.conf".text = ''
         exim_user = ${cfg.user}
         exim_group = ${cfg.group}
-        exim_path = /var/permissions-wrappers/exim
+        exim_path = /run/wrappers/exim
         spool_directory = ${cfg.spoolDir}
         ${cfg.config}
       '';
@@ -89,15 +89,7 @@ in
       gid = config.ids.gids.exim;
     };
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-    [
-      { program = "exim";
-        source  = "${pkgs.exim.out}/bin/exim";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;
-      }
-    ];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "exim" ];
 
     systemd.services.exim = {
       description = "Exim Mail Daemon";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/mail.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/mail.nix
index e8b16349f1a..aef02eddbe1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/mail.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/mail.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ with lib;
 
   config = mkIf (config.services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper != null) {
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = [ config.services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper ];
+    security.wrappers.setuid = [ config.services.mail.sendmailSetuidWrapper ];
 
   };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix
index a80565fa280..cd4a5125029 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let
         cap=$(sed -nr 's/.*#%#\s+capabilities\s*=\s*(.+)/\1/p' $file)
 
         wrapProgram $file \
-          --set PATH "/var/permissions-wrappers:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin" \
+          --set PATH "/run/wrappers:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin" \
           --set MUNIN_LIBDIR "${pkgs.munin}/lib" \
           --set MUNIN_PLUGSTATE "/var/run/munin"
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ in
 
         mkdir -p /etc/munin/plugins
         rm -rf /etc/munin/plugins/*
-        PATH="/var/permissions-wrappers:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin" ${pkgs.munin}/sbin/munin-node-configure --shell --families contrib,auto,manual --config ${nodeConf} --libdir=${muninPlugins} --servicedir=/etc/munin/plugins 2>/dev/null | ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
+        PATH="/run/wrappers:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin" ${pkgs.munin}/sbin/munin-node-configure --shell --families contrib,auto,manual --config ${nodeConf} --libdir=${muninPlugins} --servicedir=/etc/munin/plugins 2>/dev/null | ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
       '';
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.munin}/sbin/munin-node --config ${nodeConf} --servicedir /etc/munin/plugins/";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix
index 99fd5c4d367..af02d73597f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/smartd.nix
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ in
           };
 
           mailer = mkOption {
-            default = "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail";
+            default = "/run/wrappers/sendmail";
             type = types.path;
             description = ''
               Sendmail-compatible binary to be used to send the messages.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/samba.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/samba.nix
index 884966363b8..8cc8f21851c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/samba.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/samba.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let
     ''
       [ global ]
       security = ${cfg.securityType}
-      passwd program = /var/permissions-wrappers/passwd %u
+      passwd program = /run/wrappers/passwd %u
       pam password change = ${smbToString cfg.syncPasswordsByPam}
       invalid users = ${smbToString cfg.invalidUsers}
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix
index bc9b884f11b..f4c75c17290 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ in
          setgid = false;
        };
 
-       security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = [ cfg.setuidWrapper ];
+       security.wrappers.setuid = [ cfg.setuidWrapper ];
 
        systemd.services.gale-galed = {
          description = "Gale messaging daemon";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix
index 67d8cece611..58e6ad8a683 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let
     var_prefix = "${stateDir}"
     prayer_user = "${prayerUser}"
     prayer_group = "${prayerGroup}"
-    sendmail_path = "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail"
+    sendmail_path = "/run/wrappers/sendmail"
 
     use_http_port ${cfg.port}
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix
index 67aa313c860..b7bb55f5508 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ in
         type = types.string;
         default = ''
           + FPing
-          binary = ${config.security.permissionsWrapperDir}/fping
+          binary = ${config.security.wrapperDir}/fping
         '';
         description = "Probe configuration";
       };
       sendmail = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.path;
         default = null;
-        example = "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail";
+        example = "/run/wrappers/sendmail";
         description = "Use this sendmail compatible script to deliver alerts";
       };
       smokeMailTemplate = mkOption {
@@ -273,21 +273,7 @@ in
         message = "services.smokeping: sendmail and Mailhost cannot both be enabled.";
       }
     ];
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = [
-      { program = "fping";
-        source  = "${pkgs.fping}/bin/fping";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;
-      }
-
-      { program = "fping";
-        source  = "${pkgs.fping}/bin/fping6";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;
-      }
-    ];
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "fping" "fping6" ];
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.fping ];
     users.extraUsers = singleton {
       name = cfg.user;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix
index 9c4f8d59faa..316ab847b34 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = map (program: {
+    security.wrappers.setuid = map (program: {
       inherit program;
 
       source = "${pkgs.atd}/bin/${program}";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/cron.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/cron.nix
index e33961658f0..26ce3c98d67 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/cron.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/cron.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let
   cronNixosPkg = pkgs.cron.override {
     # The mail.nix nixos module, if there is any local mail system enabled,
     # should have sendmail in this path.
-    sendmailPath = "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail";
+    sendmailPath = "/run/wrappers/sendmail";
   };
 
   allFiles =
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ in
           A list of Cron jobs to be appended to the system-wide
           crontab.  See the manual page for crontab for the expected
           format. If you want to get the results mailed you must setuid
-          sendmail. See <option>security.permissionsWrappers.setuid</option>
+          sendmail. See <option>security.wrappers.setuid</option>
 
           If neither /var/cron/cron.deny nor /var/cron/cron.allow exist only root
           will is allowed to have its own crontab file. The /var/cron/cron.deny file
@@ -92,21 +92,9 @@ in
   config = mkMerge [
 
     { services.cron.enable = mkDefault (allFiles != []); }
-
     (mkIf (config.services.cron.enable) {
-
-      security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-      [
-        { program = "crontab";
-          source  = "${pkgs.cronNixosPkg.out}/bin/crontab";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;        
-        }
-      ];
-
+      security.setuidPrograms = [ "crontab" ];
       environment.systemPackages = [ cronNixosPkg ];
-
       environment.etc.crontab =
         { source = pkgs.runCommand "crontabs" { inherit allFiles; preferLocalBuild = true; }
             ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix
index 5804f0ee72f..f0de996224f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ in
             fcronallow  =       /etc/fcron.allow
             fcrondeny   =       /etc/fcron.deny
             shell       =       /bin/sh
-            sendmail    =       /var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail
+            sendmail    =       /run/wrappers/sendmail
             editor      =       /run/current-system/sw/bin/vi
           '';
           target = "fcron.conf";
@@ -106,16 +106,7 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.fcron ];
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-    [
-      { program = "fcrontab";
-        source  = "${pkgs.fcron.out}/bin/fcrontab";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;        
-      }
-    ];
-
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "fcrontab" ];
     systemd.services.fcron = {
       description = "fcron daemon";
       after = [ "local-fs.target" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
index d15d5551e34..47fc4426af0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ let
       sed -ri "s@/etc/dbus-1/(system|session)-@$out/\1-@" $out/{system,session}.conf
 
       sed '${./dbus-system-local.conf.in}' \
-        -e 's,@servicehelper@,${config.security.permissionsWrapperDir}/dbus-daemon-launch-helper,g' \
+        -e 's,@servicehelper@,${config.security.wrapperDir}/dbus-daemon-launch-helper,g' \
         -e 's,@extra@,${systemExtraxml},' \
         > "$out/system-local.conf"
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ in
 
     systemd.packages = [ pkgs.dbus.daemon ];
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = singleton
+    security.wrappers.setuid = singleton
       { program = "dbus-daemon-launch-helper";
         source = "${pkgs.dbus.daemon}/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper";
         owner = "root";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix
index 9d0ff77c2ae..feee6ba87ec 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix
@@ -62,16 +62,7 @@ in
       '';
     }];
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid =
-    [
-      { program = "e_freqset";
-        source  = "${e.enlightenment.out}/bin/e_freqset";
-        owner   = "root";
-        group   = "root";
-        setuid  = true;        
-      }
-    ];
-
+    security.setuidPrograms = [ "e_freqset" ];
     environment.etc = singleton
       { source = "${pkgs.xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb";
         target = "X11/xkb";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix
index 31d2ebcdf1a..d21a1f28dca 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde4.nix
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ in
           '';
       };
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = singleton
+    security.wrappers.setuid = singleton
       { program = "kcheckpass";
         source = "${kde_workspace}/lib/kde4/libexec/kcheckpass";
         owner = "root";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde5.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde5.nix
index f886c60793d..a4124aaefa9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde5.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/kde5.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in
         '';
       };
 
-      security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = [
+      security.wrappers.setuid = [
         {
           program = "kcheckpass";
           source = "${kde5.plasma-workspace.out}/lib/libexec/kcheckpass";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
index 86f552cd3ca..ffc0700806c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ if [ -n "@useHostResolvConf@" -a -e /etc/resolv.conf ]; then
     cat /etc/resolv.conf | resolvconf -m 1000 -a host
 fi
 
-# Create /var/permissions-wrappers as a tmpfs.
-rm -rf /var/permissions-wrappers
-mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/permissions-wrappers
-mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" tmpfs /var/permissions-wrappers
+# Create /run/wrappers as a tmpfs.
+rm -rf /run/wrappers
+mkdir -m 0755 -p /run/wrappers
+mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" tmpfs /run/wrappers
 
 # Log the script output to /dev/kmsg or /run/log/stage-2-init.log.
 # Only at this point are all the necessary prerequisites ready for these commands.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
index 61519c6a3ce..1afcddd915f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/network-interfaces.nix
@@ -898,38 +898,23 @@ in
 
     # Capabilities won't work unless we have at-least a 4.3 Linux
     # kernel because we need the ambient capability
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setcap = mkIf (versionAtLeast (getVersion config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel) "4.3") (
-      [
-        { program = "ping";
-          source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping";
-          capabilities = "cap_net_raw+p";
-        }
+    security.wrappers = mkIf (versionAtLeast (getVersion config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel) "4.3") {
+      ping = {
+        source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping";
+        capabilities = "cap_net_raw+p";
+      };
 
-        { program = "ping6";
-          source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping6";
-          capabilities = "cap_net_raw+p";
-        }
-      ]
-    );
+      ping6 = {
+        source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping6";
+        capabilities = "cap_net_raw+p";
+      };
+    };
 
-    # If our linux kernel IS older than 4.3, let's setuid ping and ping6
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = mkIf (versionOlder (getVersion config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel) "4.3") (
-      [
-        { program = "ping";
-          source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;
-        }
-        
-        { program = "ping6";
-          source  = "${pkgs.iputils.out}/bin/ping6";
-          owner   = "root";
-          group   = "root";
-          setuid  = true;
-        }
-      ]
-    );
+    # If the linux kernel IS older than 4.3, create setuid wrappers
+    # for ping and ping6
+    security.setuidPrograms = mkIf (versionOlder (getVersion config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel) "4.3") [
+      "ping" "ping6"
+    ];
 
     # Set the host and domain names in the activation script.  Don't
     # clear it if it's not configured in the NixOS configuration,
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix
index b3647482f2c..405a630dfa7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in
     boot.extraModulePackages = [ kernelModules ];
     environment.systemPackages = [ virtualbox ];
 
-    security.permissionsWrappers.setuid = let
+    security.wrappers.setuid = let
       mkSuid = program: {
         inherit program;
         source = "${virtualbox}/libexec/virtualbox/${program}";
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ in
         SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="remove", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", RUN+="${virtualbox}/libexec/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh --remove $major $minor"
       '';
 
-    # Since we lack the right setuid binaries, set up a host-only network by default.
+    # Since we lack the right setuid/setcap binaries, set up a host-only network by default.
   } (mkIf cfg.addNetworkInterface {
     systemd.services."vboxnet0" =
       { description = "VirtualBox vboxnet0 Interface";
diff --git a/nixos/tests/smokeping.nix b/nixos/tests/smokeping.nix
index 7e2d84f4422..5e2d013abc5 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/smokeping.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/smokeping.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import ./make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
           mailHost = "127.0.0.2";
           probeConfig = ''
             + FPing
-            binary = /var/permissions-wrappers/fping
+            binary = /run/wrappers/fping
             offset = 0%
           '';
         };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
index 0f7d50088a9..1c24ff4737b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, glib, xorg, cairo, gtk2, pango, makeWrapper, openssl, bzip2,
-  pkexecPath ? "/var/permissions-wrappers/pkexec", libredirect,
+  pkexecPath ? "/run/wrappers/pkexec", libredirect,
   gksuSupport ? false, gksu}:
 
 assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index dd8fd32adfd..7009cf17fab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ed -v -s "$out/bin/chromium" << EOF
     2i
 
-    if [ -x "/var/permissions-wrappers/${sandboxExecutableName}" ]
+    if [ -x "/run/wrappers/${sandboxExecutableName}" ]
     then
-      export CHROME_DEVEL_SANDBOX="/var/permissions-wrappers/${sandboxExecutableName}"
+      export CHROME_DEVEL_SANDBOX="/run/wrappers/${sandboxExecutableName}"
     else
       export CHROME_DEVEL_SANDBOX="$sandbox/bin/${sandboxExecutableName}"
     fi
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/gale-install.in.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/gale-install.in.patch
index 9a83fc09e4e..4b59f1a376d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/gale-install.in.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gale/gale-install.in.patch
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ index 50e8ad8..eec0ed2 100644
 +	is_nixos=no
 +fi
 +
-+if [ -u /var/permissions-wrappers/gksign ]; then
++if [ -u /run/wrappers/gksign ]; then
 +	cat <<EOM
 +
 +Gale appears to have already been set up via the NixOS module system (check
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch
index 5377ddb9a62..6603e8d4b60 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ index a9d8ac4..85f13f5 100644
 -  # #   arguments: '-i -t'
 -  # # }
 +  config.action_mailer.sendmail_settings = {
-+    location: '/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail',
++    location: '/run/wrappers/sendmail',
 +    arguments: '-i -t'
 +  }
    config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/hardened.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/hardened.patch
index cae4abe8612..a788a1df3ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/hardened.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/hardened.patch
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ index 95dc9a7..39170bc 100644
      /* get the path to the executable */
      char szPath[RTPATH_MAX];
 -    RTPathAppPrivateArch(szPath, sizeof(szPath) - 1);
-+    RTStrCopy(szPath, sizeof(szPath) - 1, "/var/permissions-wrappers");
++    RTStrCopy(szPath, sizeof(szPath) - 1, "/run/wrappers");
      size_t cchBufLeft = strlen(szPath);
      szPath[cchBufLeft++] = RTPATH_DELIMITER;
      szPath[cchBufLeft] = 0;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ index be2ad8f..7ddf105 100644
  
 +RTDECL(int) RTPathSuidDir(char *pszPath, size_t cchPath)
 +{
-+    return RTStrCopy(pszPath, cchPath, "/var/permissions-wrappers");
++    return RTStrCopy(pszPath, cchPath, "/run/wrappers");
 +}
 +
 +
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ index 7bde6af..2656cae 100644
 + * will cut off everything after the rightmost / as this function is analogous
 + * to RTProcGetExecutablePath().
 + */
-+#define SUIDDIR "/var/permissions-wrappers/"
++#define SUIDDIR "/run/wrappers/"
 +
 +RTR3DECL(char *) RTProcGetSuidPath(char *pszExecPath, size_t cbExecPath)
 +{
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
index b30e1362aba..98381d9023f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ let
     export PS1='${name}-chrootenv:\u@\h:\w\$ '
     export LOCALE_ARCHIVE='/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive'
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/run/opengl-driver/lib:/run/opengl-driver-32/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib32'
-    export PATH='/var/permissions-wrappers:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin'
+    export PATH='/run/wrappers:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin'
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 
     # Force compilers to look in default search paths
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/enlightenment/enlightenment.nix b/pkgs/desktops/enlightenment/enlightenment.nix
index 753b939bd48..65e3bf2d642 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/enlightenment/enlightenment.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/enlightenment/enlightenment.nix
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # this is a hack and without this cpufreq module is not working. does the following:
   #   1. moves the "freqset" binary to "e_freqset",
   #   2. linkes "e_freqset" to enlightenment/bin so that,
-  #   3. permissionsWrappers.setuid detects it and places wrappers in /var/permissions-wrappers/e_freqset,
-  #   4. and finally, links /var/permissions-wrappers/e_freqset to original destination where enlightenment wants it
+  #   3. wrappers.setuid detects it and places wrappers in /run/wrappers/e_freqset,
+  #   4. and finally, links /run/wrappers/e_freqset to original destination where enlightenment wants it
   postInstall = ''
     export CPUFREQ_DIRPATH=`readlink -f $out/lib/enlightenment/modules/cpufreq/linux-gnu-*`;
     mv $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/freqset $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/e_freqset
     ln -sv $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/e_freqset $out/bin/e_freqset
-    ln -sv /var/permissions-wrappers/e_freqset $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/freqset
+    ln -sv /run/wrappers/e_freqset $CPUFREQ_DIRPATH/freqset
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/start_kdeinit-path.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/start_kdeinit-path.patch
index a16d3575725..61aa49f70e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/start_kdeinit-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kinit/start_kdeinit-path.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Index: kinit-5.24.0/src/start_kdeinit/start_kdeinit_wrapper.c
  #include <unistd.h>
  
 -#define EXECUTE CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5 "/start_kdeinit"
-+#define EXECUTE "/var/permissions-wrappers/start_kdeinit"
++#define EXECUTE "/run/wrappers/start_kdeinit"
  
  #if KDEINIT_OOM_PROTECT
  
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgksu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgksu/default.nix
index 7da4a900b7e..6d57ca2397e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgksu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgksu/default.nix
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # Fix some binary paths
     sed -i -e 's|/usr/bin/xauth|${xauth}/bin/xauth|g' libgksu/gksu-run-helper.c libgksu/libgksu.c
-    sed -i -e 's|/usr/bin/sudo|/var/permissions-wrappers/sudo|g' libgksu/libgksu.c
-    sed -i -e 's|/bin/su\([^d]\)|/var/permissions-wrappers/su\1|g' libgksu/libgksu.c
+    sed -i -e 's|/usr/bin/sudo|/run/wrappers/sudo|g' libgksu/libgksu.c
+    sed -i -e 's|/bin/su\([^d]\)|/run/wrappers/su\1|g' libgksu/libgksu.c
 
     touch NEWS README
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
index 0f7106181b8..b2e2ecf0493 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/polkit/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 let
 
   system = "/var/run/current-system/sw";
-  setuid = "/var/permissions-wrappers"; #TODO: from <nixos> config.security.wrapperDir;
+  setuid = "/run/wrappers"; #TODO: from <nixos> config.security.wrapperDir;
 
   foolVars = {
     SYSCONF = "/etc";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/unity3d/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/unity3d/default.nix
index 1fc56b98656..2d4977a3195 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/unity3d/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/unity3d/default.nix
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     unitydir="$out/opt/Unity/Editor"
     mkdir -p $unitydir
     mv Editor/* $unitydir
-    ln -sf /var/permissions-wrappers/${chromium.sandboxExecutableName} $unitydir/chrome-sandbox
+    ln -sf /run/wrappers/${chromium.sandboxExecutableName} $unitydir/chrome-sandbox
 
     mkdir -p $out/share/applications
     sed "/^Exec=/c\Exec=$out/bin/unity-editor" \
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/default.nix
index a36934004d2..29bcc58c7c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fuse/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       # Ensure that FUSE calls the setuid wrapper, not
       # $out/bin/fusermount. It falls back to calling fusermount in
       # $PATH, so it should also work on non-NixOS systems.
-      export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-DFUSERMOUNT_DIR=\"/var/permissions-wrappers\""
+      export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-DFUSERMOUNT_DIR=\"/run/wrappers\""
 
       sed -e 's@/bin/@${utillinux}/bin/@g' -i lib/mount_util.c
       sed -e 's@CONFIG_RPATH=/usr/share/gettext/config.rpath@CONFIG_RPATH=${gettext}/share/gettext/config.rpath@' -i makeconf.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/4.nix
index abe8632773f..af8e53ec3a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/4.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -e 's@/lib/udev@''${out}/lib/udev@' \
         -e 's@ -Werror @ @' \
-        -e 's@/usr/sbin/sendmail@/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail@' -i Makefile
+        -e 's@/usr/sbin/sendmail@/run/wrappers/sendmail@' -i Makefile
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
index 531d55a7f12..d9bdf21723b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -e 's@/lib/udev@''${out}/lib/udev@' \
         -e 's@ -Werror @ @' \
-        -e 's@/usr/sbin/sendmail@/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail@' -i Makefile
+        -e 's@/usr/sbin/sendmail@/run/wrappers/sendmail@' -i Makefile
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix
index 196af58183f..dc61b3f27f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     mv -v $out/sbin/unix_chkpwd{,.orig}
-    ln -sv /var/permissions-wrappers/unix_chkpwd $out/sbin/unix_chkpwd
+    ln -sv /run/wrappers/unix_chkpwd $out/sbin/unix_chkpwd
   ''; /*
     rm -rf $out/etc
     mkdir -p $modules/lib
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
index 1c4a7b798ce..90fbf861448 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     --enable-last
     --enable-mesg
     --disable-use-tty-group
-    --enable-fs-paths-default=/var/permissions-wrappers:/var/run/current-system/sw/bin:/sbin
+    --enable-fs-paths-default=/run/wrappers:/var/run/current-system/sw/bin:/sbin
     ${if ncurses == null then "--without-ncurses" else ""}
     ${if systemd == null then "" else ''
       --with-systemd
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/interlock/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/interlock/default.nix
index af733540ff3..b58c1b50e03 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/interlock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/interlock/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
       -e 's|/bin/chown|${coreutils}/bin/chown|' \
       -e 's|/bin/date|${coreutils}/bin/date|' \
       -e 's|/sbin/poweroff|${systemd}/sbin/poweroff|' \
-      -e 's|/usr/bin/sudo|/var/permissions-wrappers/sudo|' \
+      -e 's|/usr/bin/sudo|/run/wrappers/sudo|' \
       -e 's|/sbin/cryptsetup|${cryptsetup}/bin/cryptsetup|'
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/petidomo/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/petidomo/default.nix
index c112af567fd..1770517047f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/petidomo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/petidomo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison, sendmailPath ? "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail" }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison, sendmailPath ? "/run/wrappers/sendmail" }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "petidomo-4.3";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix
index ac1cb1a5398..30bd7e8a7c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # configured on the build machine).
   preConfigure= "
     configureFlagsArray=(
-      --with-ping-command='/var/permissions-wrappers/ping -n -U -w %d -c %d %s'
-      --with-ping6-command='/var/permissions-wrappers/ping6 -n -U -w %d -c %d %s'
+      --with-ping-command='/run/wrappers/ping -n -U -w %d -c %d %s'
+      --with-ping6-command='/run/wrappers/ping6 -n -U -w %d -c %d %s'
     )
   ";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/x11vnc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/x11vnc/default.nix
index 5f96a35af6f..b343a7da378 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/x11vnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/x11vnc/default.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     configureFlags="--mandir=$out/share/man"
 
     substituteInPlace x11vnc/unixpw.c \
-        --replace '"/bin/su"' '"/var/permissions-wrappers/su"' \
+        --replace '"/bin/su"' '"/run/wrappers/su"' \
         --replace '"/bin/true"' '"${coreutils}/bin/true"'
 
-    sed -i -e '/#!\/bin\/sh/a"PATH=${xorg.xdpyinfo}\/bin:${xorg.xauth}\/bin:$PATH\\n"' -e 's|/bin/su|/var/permissions-wrappers/su|g' x11vnc/ssltools.h
+    sed -i -e '/#!\/bin\/sh/a"PATH=${xorg.xdpyinfo}\/bin:${xorg.xauth}\/bin:$PATH\\n"' -e 's|/bin/su|/run/wrappers/su|g' x11vnc/ssltools.h
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/certbot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/certbot/default.nix
index 23eb02e294a..366213d2e1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/certbot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/certbot/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   buildInputs = [ dialog ] ++ (with python2Packages; [ nose mock gnureadline ]);
 
   patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace certbot/notify.py --replace "/usr/sbin/sendmail" "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail"
+    substituteInPlace certbot/notify.py --replace "/usr/sbin/sendmail" "/run/wrappers/sendmail"
     substituteInPlace certbot/util.py --replace "sw_vers" "/usr/bin/sw_vers"
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
index 2261bfc6637..be3b674de04 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , FileDesktopEntry, libxslt, docbook_xsl, makeWrapper
 , python3Packages
 , perlPackages, curl, gnupg, diffutils
-, sendmailPath ? "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail"
+, sendmailPath ? "/run/wrappers/sendmail"
 }:
 
 let
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/default.nix
index 7e941e5378a..98e06d1de3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   # TODO: replace wrapperDir below with from <nixos> config.security.wrapperDir;
-  wrapperDir = "/var/permissions-wrappers";
+  wrapperDir = "/run/wrappers";
 
   postPatch = ''
     FILES="$(grep -r '/bin/sh' src/utils -l; find src -name \*.c)"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/helper.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/helper.nix
index 6e3e6766a28..3daaadcaad6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/helper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/ecryptfs/helper.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  # Do not hardcode PATH to ${ecryptfs} as we need the script to invoke executables from /var/permissions-wrappers
+  # Do not hardcode PATH to ${ecryptfs} as we need the script to invoke executables from /run/wrappers
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/libexec
     cp $src $out/libexec/ecryptfs-helper.py
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
index a3a13f19803..0d2953c6f45 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/sudo/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, pam, groff
-, sendmailPath ? "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail"
+, sendmailPath ? "/run/wrappers/sendmail"
 , withInsults ? false
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/at/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/at/default.nix
index 2fb5b9670c8..9f8bad00ca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/at/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/at/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, bison, flex, pam, sendmailPath ? "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail" }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, bison, flex, pam, sendmailPath ? "/run/wrappers/sendmail" }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "at-3.1.16";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix
index f7f2a6158a2..8a6a5dc15d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     #define _PATH_SENDMAIL "${sendmailPath}"
 
     #undef _PATH_DEFPATH
-    #define _PATH_DEFPATH "/var/permissions-wrappers:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/sbin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+    #define _PATH_DEFPATH "/run/wrappers:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/sbin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:/run/current-system/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin"
     __EOT__
 
     # Implicit saved uids do not work here due to way NixOS uses setuid wrappers
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/ts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/ts/default.nix
index 1384ea04fb6..1dfb856d4d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/ts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/ts/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl,
-sendmailPath ? "/var/permissions-wrappers/sendmail" }:
+sendmailPath ? "/run/wrappers/sendmail" }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {