diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jb/jbang/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jb/jbang/package.nix
index 016581c9e6f2..501f3dbc8503 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jb/jbang/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jb/jbang/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -r . $out
     wrapProgram $out/bin/jbang \
       --set JAVA_HOME ${jdk} \
-      --set PATH ${
+      --prefix PATH ${
         lib.makeBinPath [
           (placeholder "out")
           coreutils