diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/wrapper.nix
index 52b7679a325e..2380d0023d57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/wrapper.nix
@@ -35,5 +35,11 @@ buildEnv {
           (lib.concatMap
             (plugin: plugin.extraRuntimeDependencies or []) addons)}"
     done
+
+    # makeWrapper just created webinterface.default as a symlink. However,
+    # kodi's webserver carefully refuses to follow symlinks, so we need to copy
+    # these assets instead.
+    rm $out/share/kodi/addons/webinterface.default
+    cp -r ${kodi}/share/kodi/addons/webinterface.default/ $out/share/kodi/addons/webinterface.default
   '';
 }