diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2afbafe7b914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pythonhome-wrapper";
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin
+    echo '
+#!/bin/sh
+
+BINDIR=`dirname $0`
+PYTHONHOME=`dirname $BINDIR`
+PYTHONHOME=`(cd $PYTHONHOME && pwd)`
+export PYTHONHOME
+
+$BINDIR/python "$@"
+    ' > $out/bin/py
+    chmod +x $out/bin/py
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d6ffa692752..04f97b06a954 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2585,6 +2585,8 @@ let
     extraLibs = lib.attrValues python.modules;
   };
 
+  pythonhomeWrapper = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/pythonhome-wrapper.nix { };
+
   pyrex = pyrex095;
 
   pyrex095 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/pyrex/0.9.5.nix { };