diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/binary/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/binary/generic.nix
index 6b0d3d12e5e3..60255d21bcb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/binary/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/binary/generic.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ let
     ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "17.0.0") [ libGL vulkan-loader ]
   );
 
-  linux = {
+  linux = finalAttrs: {
     buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 ];
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -142,9 +142,11 @@ let
       rm "$out/libexec/electron/libvulkan.so.1"
       ln -s -t "$out/libexec/electron" "${lib.getLib vulkan-loader}/lib/libvulkan.so.1"
     '';
+
+    passthru.dist = finalAttrs.finalPackage + "/libexec/electron";
   };
 
-  darwin = {
+  darwin = finalAttrs: {
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       makeWrapper
       unzip
@@ -157,9 +159,12 @@ let
       mkdir -p $out/bin
       makeWrapper $out/Applications/Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron $out/bin/electron
     '';
+
+    passthru.dist = finalAttrs.finalPackage + "/Applications";
   };
 in
-  stdenv.mkDerivation (
-    (common stdenv.hostPlatform) //
-    (if stdenv.isDarwin then darwin else linux)
+  stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs:
+    lib.recursiveUpdate
+      (common stdenv.hostPlatform)
+      ((if stdenv.isDarwin then darwin else linux) finalAttrs)
   )
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix
index 1e863827710d..e98e93a0a17d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/common.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let
 
   fetchedDeps = lib.mapAttrs (name: fetchdep) info.deps;
 
-in (chromium.override { upstream-info = info.chromium; }).mkDerivation (base: {
+in ((chromium.override { upstream-info = info.chromium; }).mkDerivation (base: {
   packageName = "electron";
   inherit (info) version;
   buildTargets = [ "electron:electron_dist_zip" ];
@@ -244,4 +244,9 @@ in (chromium.override { upstream-info = info.chromium; }).mkDerivation (base: {
     hydraPlatforms = lib.optionals (!(hasInfix "alpha" info.version) && !(hasInfix "beta" info.version)) ["aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux"];
     timeout = 172800; # 48 hours (increased from the Hydra default of 10h)
   };
+})).overrideAttrs (finalAttrs: prevAttrs: {
+  # this was the only way I could get the package to properly reference itself
+  passthru = prevAttrs.passthru // {
+    dist = finalAttrs.finalPackage + "/libexec/electron";
+  };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/wrapper.nix
index c912c059e255..8c48e8f695fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/wrapper.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   passthru = {
     unwrapped = electron-unwrapped;
-    inherit (electron-unwrapped) headers;
+    inherit (electron-unwrapped) headers dist;
   };
   inherit (electron-unwrapped) meta;
 }