diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patsh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patsh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d79fc8ba53e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patsh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, stdenv
+, runCommand
+, tree-sitter
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "patsh";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nix-community";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KmQVZwZC7KHlzNnL2IKQ76wHUDNUZKz/aFaY4ujvBo4=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-vozQKBxAVELdqTnqBpgHX0Wyk18EZAtpiRsKjwz8xKE=";
+
+  # tests fail on darwin due to rpath issues
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+  TREE_SITTER_BASH = runCommand "tree-sitter-bash" { } ''
+    mkdir $out
+    ln -s ${tree-sitter.builtGrammars.tree-sitter-bash}/parser $out/libtree-sitter-bash.a
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A command-line tool for patching shell scripts inspired by resholve";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nix-community/patsh";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nix-community/patsh/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/sx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/sx/default.nix
index faddc7486809..f48e59c753eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/sx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/sx/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 { lib
-, bash
-, coreutils
+, stdenvNoCC
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, resholve
+, patsh
 , xorg
 }:
 
-resholve.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sx";
   version = "2.1.7";
 
@@ -19,20 +18,16 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
-  solutions = {
-    sx = {
-      scripts = [ "bin/sx" ];
-      interpreter = "${bash}/bin/sh";
-      inputs = [
-        coreutils
-        xorg.xauth
-        xorg.xorgserver
-      ];
-      execer = [
-        "cannot:${xorg.xorgserver}/bin/Xorg"
-      ];
-    };
-  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ patsh ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    xorg.xauth
+    xorg.xorgserver
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    patsh -f $out/bin/sx -s ${builtins.storeDir}
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Simple alternative to both xinit and startx for starting a Xorg server";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a286d86b7c23..e4c0d5a0bb52 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17553,6 +17553,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   patchelfUnstable = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix { });
 
+  patsh = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/patsh { };
+
   pax-rs = callPackage ../development/tools/pax-rs { };
 
   perfect-hash = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/perfect-hash { };