diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ki/kitty/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ki/kitty/package.nix
index cf8920486320..9546a34ab7b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ki/kitty/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ki/kitty/package.nix
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
     # dereference the `kitty` symlink to make sure the actual executable
     # is wrapped on macOS as well (and not just the symlink)
-    wrapProgram $(realpath "$out/bin/kitty") --prefix PATH : "$out/bin:${
+    wrapProgram $(realpath "$out/bin/kitty") --suffix PATH : "$out/bin:${
       lib.makeBinPath [
         imagemagick
         ncurses.dev