diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix
index 06b801a9dcbf..4ff7ca269e82 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cgit/default.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     mkdir -p "$out/share/man/man5"
     cp cgitrc.5 "$out/share/man/man5"
 
-    wrapPythonProgramsIn "$out/lib/cgit/filters" "$out $pythonPath"
+    wrapPythonProgramsIn "$out/lib/cgit/filters" "$out ''${pythonPath[*]}"
 
     for script in $out/lib/cgit/filters/*.sh $out/lib/cgit/filters/html-converters/txt2html; do
       wrapProgram $script --prefix PATH : '${