diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/generic-bin.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/generic-bin.nix
index a7d7f127d5e4..f7fb2b7559c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/generic-bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/generic-bin.nix
@@ -85,11 +85,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
     cp -r . $out
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+    # "$out/share" is intentionally omitted since it contains
+    # julia package images and patchelf would break them
+    autoPatchelf "$out/bin" "$out/lib" "$out/libexec"
+  '' + ''
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   # Breaks backtraces, etc.
   dontStrip = true;
+  dontAutoPatchelf = true;
 
   doInstallCheck = true;