diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openscad/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openscad/package.nix
index e914d3043f83..cde2b79f3020 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openscad/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openscad/package.nix
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
     mkdir $out/Applications
     mv $out/bin/*.app $out/Applications
-    rmdir $out/bin || true
+    ln -s "$out/Applications/OpenSCAD.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenSCAD" "$out/bin/openscad"
 
     mv --target-directory=$out/Applications/OpenSCAD.app/Contents/Resources \
       $out/share/openscad/{examples,color-schemes,locale,libraries,fonts,templates}