diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
index 81ee790ab649..cc9b7389a565 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
@@ -1789,22 +1789,7 @@ let
         };
       };
 
-      esbenp.prettier-vscode = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
-        mktplcRef = {
-          name = "prettier-vscode";
-          publisher = "esbenp";
-          version = "11.0.0";
-          hash = "sha256-pNjkJhof19cuK0PsXJ/Q/Zb2H7eoIkfXJMLZJ4lDn7k=";
-        };
-        meta = {
-          changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/esbenp.prettier-vscode/changelog";
-          description = "Code formatter using prettier";
-          downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode";
-          homepage = "https://github.com/prettier/prettier-vscode";
-          license = lib.licenses.mit;
-          maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.datafoo ];
-        };
-      };
+      esbenp.prettier-vscode = callPackage ./esbenp.prettier-vscode { };
 
       ethansk.restore-terminals = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
         mktplcRef = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/esbenp.prettier-vscode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/esbenp.prettier-vscode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8304dd57ee0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/esbenp.prettier-vscode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  jq,
+  lib,
+  moreutils,
+  vscode-utils,
+  nodePackages,
+}:
+
+vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
+  mktplcRef = {
+    name = "prettier-vscode";
+    publisher = "esbenp";
+    version = "11.0.0";
+    hash = "sha256-pNjkJhof19cuK0PsXJ/Q/Zb2H7eoIkfXJMLZJ4lDn7k=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    jq
+    moreutils
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ nodePackages.prettier ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    cd "$out/$installPrefix"
+    jq '.contributes.configuration.properties."prettier.prettierPath".default = "${nodePackages.prettier}/lib/node_modules/prettier"' package.json | sponge package.json
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/esbenp.prettier-vscode/changelog";
+    description = "Code formatter using prettier";
+    downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=esbenp.prettier-vscode";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/prettier/prettier-vscode";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.datafoo ];
+  };
+}