diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index dc2a8eb631b1..6ca71b336bb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -1295,6 +1295,15 @@ let
         # https://github.com/fred-o/jekyll-modes/issues/6
         jekyll-modes = addPackageRequires super.jekyll-modes [ self.poly-markdown ];
 
+        jq-mode = super.jq-mode.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+          postPatch = attrs.postPatch or "" + ''
+            substituteInPlace jq-mode.el \
+              --replace-fail 'jq-interactive-command "jq"' 'jq-interactive-command "${lib.getExe pkgs.jq}"'
+            substituteInPlace ob-jq.el \
+              --replace-fail 'org-babel-jq-command "jq"' 'org-babel-jq-command "${lib.getExe pkgs.jq}"'
+          '';
+        });
+
         jss = ignoreCompilationError super.jss; # elisp error
 
         # missing optional dependencies: vterm or eat