diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sa/samrewritten/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sa/samrewritten/package.nix
index 0d0a06ee92a3..d689a1feb089 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sa/samrewritten/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sa/samrewritten/package.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     yajl
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/samrewritten.desktop \
+      --replace-fail "Exec=/usr/bin/samrewritten" "Exec=samrewritten"
+  '';
+
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = {