2 files changed, 38 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
index 1f2fbd8068e..a3ab30afc63 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
@@ -155,8 +155,12 @@ runCommand
     for prog in $emacs/bin/*; do # */
       local progname=$(basename "$prog")
       rm -f "$out/bin/$progname"
-      makeWrapper "$prog" "$out/bin/$progname" \
-        --suffix EMACSLOADPATH ":" "$deps/share/emacs/site-lisp:"
+
+      substitute ${./wrapper.sh} $out/bin/$progname \
+        --subst-var-by bash ${emacs.stdenv.shell} \
+        --subst-var-by wrapperSiteLisp "$deps/share/emacs/site-lisp" \
+        --subst-var prog
+      chmod +x $out/bin/$progname
     done
 
     # Wrap MacOS app
@@ -168,8 +172,12 @@ runCommand
             $emacs/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/PkgInfo \
             $emacs/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources \
             $out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents
-      makeWrapper $emacs/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs $out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs \
-        --suffix EMACSLOADPATH ":" "$deps/share/emacs/site-lisp:"
+
+      substitute ${./wrapper.sh} $out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs \
+        --subst-var-by bash ${emacs.stdenv.shell} \
+        --subst-var-by wrapperSiteLisp "$emacs/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs" \
+        --subst-var prog
+      chmod +x $out/bin/$progname
     fi
 
     mkdir -p $out/share
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85657ac5619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!@bash@
+
+IFS=:
+
+newLoadPath=()
+added=
+
+if [[ -n $EMACSLOADPATH ]]
+then
+    while read -rd: entry
+    do
+        if [[ -z $entry && -z $added ]]
+        then
+            newLoadPath+=(@wrapperSiteLisp@)
+            added=1
+        fi
+        newLoadPath+=("$entry")
+    done <<< "$EMACSLOADPATH:"
+else
+    newLoadPath+=(@wrapperSiteLisp@)
+    newLoadPath+=("")
+fi
+
+export EMACSLOADPATH="${newLoadPath[*]}"
+
+exec @prog@ "$@"