diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/default-fallbackTsserverPath.diff b/pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/default-fallbackTsserverPath.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47339e5c69c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/default-fallbackTsserverPath.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/src/lsp-server.ts b/src/lsp-server.ts
+index ef5907d..9494430 100644
+--- a/src/lsp-server.ts
++++ b/src/lsp-server.ts
+@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ export class LspServer {
+             }
+         }
+
++        if (!fallbackTsserverPath) {
++            fallbackTsserverPath = "@typescript@";
++        }
++
+         const fallbackVersionProvider = new TypeScriptVersionProvider(fallbackTsserverPath, this.logger);
+         const fallbackSettingVersion = fallbackVersionProvider.getUserSettingVersion();
+         if (fallbackSettingVersion) {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/package.nix
index 053f665ce7eb..8a0c0e8da2d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ty/typescript-language-server/package.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 , makeWrapper
 , nodejs
 , prefetch-yarn-deps
+, substituteAll
 , yarn
 , testers
+, typescript
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -21,6 +23,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-FCv0+tA7AuCdGeG6FEiMyRAHcl0WbezhNYLL7xp5FWU=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./default-fallbackTsserverPath.diff;
+      typescript = "${typescript}/lib/node_modules/typescript/lib/tsserver.js";
+    })
+  ];
+
   offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
     yarnLock = "${finalAttrs.src}/yarn.lock";
     hash = "sha256-nSMhPfbWD93sGIKehBBE/bh4RzHXFtGAjeyG20m/LWQ=";