diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
index 392163646aa8..541b7fc694d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ autoPatchelf() {
         fi
     done
 
-    @pythonInterpreter@ @autoPatchelfScript@                            \
+    auto-patchelf                                                       \
         ${norecurse:+--no-recurse}                                      \
         --ignore-missing "${ignoreMissingDepsArray[@]}"                 \
         --paths "$@"                                                    \
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.py b/pkgs/by-name/au/auto-patchelf/auto-patchelf.py
similarity index 99%
rename from pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.py
rename to pkgs/by-name/au/auto-patchelf/auto-patchelf.py
index eca3007514de..938ea6310118 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.py
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/auto-patchelf/auto-patchelf.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ interpreter_arch: str   = None # type: ignore
 libc_lib: Path          = None # type: ignore
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    nix_support = Path(os.environ['NIX_BINTOOLS']) / 'nix-support'
+    nix_support = Path(os.environ.get('NIX_BINTOOLS', os.environ['DEFAULT_BINTOOLS'])) / 'nix-support'
     interpreter_path = Path((nix_support / 'dynamic-linker').read_text().strip())
     libc_lib = Path((nix_support / 'orig-libc').read_text().strip()) / 'lib'
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/auto-patchelf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/auto-patchelf/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e1880560adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/auto-patchelf/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  python3Packages,
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
+  pname = "auto-patchelf";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-08-14";
+  pyproject = false;
+
+  src = lib.fileset.toSource {
+    root = ./.;
+    fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+      ./auto-patchelf.py
+    ];
+  };
+
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
+    pyelftools
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 auto-patchelf.py $out/bin/auto-patchelf
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    "--set DEFAULT_BINTOOLS $NIX_BINTOOLS"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Automatically patch ELF binaries using patchelf";
+    mainProgram = "auto-patchelf";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ Scrumplex ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4374c589db4c..cdd01a4d0470 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -185,11 +185,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   autoPatchelfHook = makeSetupHook {
     name = "auto-patchelf-hook";
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ bintools ];
-    substitutions = {
-      pythonInterpreter = "${python3.withPackages (ps: [ ps.pyelftools ])}/bin/python";
-      autoPatchelfScript = ../build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.py;
-    };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ auto-patchelf bintools ];
   } ../build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh;
 
   appflowy = callPackage ../applications/office/appflowy { };