diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
index 1548b0581b65..67fe3032d05c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-in self.zathuraWrapper
+in self
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
index ccbde19d2aa3..60ff0bd68854 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ symlinkJoin {
   in ''
     makeWrapper ${zathura_core.bin}/bin/zathura $out/bin/zathura \
       --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ file ]}" \
-      --add-flags --plugins-dir="$out/lib/zathura"
+      --prefix ZATHURA_PLUGINS_PATH : "$out/lib/zathura"
 
     # zathura fish completion references the zathura_core derivation to
     # check for supported plugins which live in the wrapper derivation,
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0e1788cb1e57..23b632c3452e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30270,7 +30270,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   zanshin = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/office/zanshin { };
 
-  zathura = callPackage ../applications/misc/zathura { };
+  zathuraPkgs = callPackage ../applications/misc/zathura { };
+  zathura = zathuraPkgs.zathuraWrapper;
 
   zdns = callPackage ../tools/security/zdns { };