diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
index 08e9d9422459..35a50481bea7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "An efficient dynamic menu for wayland (wlroots)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nyyManni/dmenu-wayland";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
+    mainProgram = "dmenu-wl";
   };
 }