diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix
index 5109bb45e30..6cab550d82b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ rec {
 
   /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
   phaseNames = ["setVars" "doUnpack" "fixPaths" "extractTexinfoTex"
+    "fixEpsWrite"
     "doConfigure" "dumpRealVars" "doMakeInstall" "fixPathsResult"
     "fixInfoDir"];
 
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ rec {
     cp texinfo-*/doc/texinfo.tex doc/
   '' ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack"];
 
+  fixEpsWrite = a.fullDepEntry ''
+    sed -e 's@epswrite@eps2write@g' -i runlabel.in
+  '' ["minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack"];
+
   meta = {
     inherit (s) version;
     description = "A tool for programming graphics intended to replace Metapost";