diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c6138c8e3a3b..178a8aa4de1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8503,7 +8503,11 @@ with pkgs;
   inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/c-blosc { })
     c-blosc c-blosc2;
 
-  cachix = lib.getBin haskellPackages.cachix;
+  cachix = (lib.getBin haskellPackages.cachix).overrideAttrs (old: {
+    meta = (old.meta or {}) // {
+      mainProgram = old.meta.mainProgram or "cachix";
+    };
+  });
 
   cubeb = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/cubeb {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AudioUnit CoreAudio CoreServices;