diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/fs-uae/launcher.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/fs-uae/launcher.nix
index 570b439f4a1e..63ff7eee2ea6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/fs-uae/launcher.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/fs-uae/launcher.nix
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapQtApp "$out/bin/fs-uae-launcher" \
-      --set PYTHONPATH "$PYTHONPATH" \
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ fsuae ]}
+      --set PYTHONPATH "$PYTHONPATH"
+
+    # fs-uae-launcher search side by side for fs-uae
+    # see $src/fsgs/plugins/pluginexecutablefinder.py#find_executable
+    ln -s ${fsuae}/bin/fs-uae $out/bin
   '';
 
   meta = {