diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
index 76dd7ba163d2..ca6a5fd2d849 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-rCLlLxFexk2fzuuSMrJjbwhgU+HgJNX6Ect6uCsuJmo=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/core.c/CompUnit/Repository/Installation.rakumod \
+      --subst-var out
+  '';
+
+  patches = [
+    ./rakudo-plain-wrapper.patch
+  ];
+
   configureScript = "${lib.getExe perl} ./Configure.pl";
   configureFlags = [
     "--backends=moar"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/rakudo-plain-wrapper.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/rakudo-plain-wrapper.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaab84cd129a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/rakudo-plain-wrapper.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/src/core.c/CompUnit/Repository/Installation.rakumod
++++ b/src/core.c/CompUnit/Repository/Installation.rakumod
+@@ -848,6 +848,10 @@
+                 my $val = $1.Str;
+                 given $op {
+                     when "plain" | "plat-sep" {
++                        # use rakudo from our store path and avoid PATH lookups
++                        if $val ~~ / ^ "rakudo" / {
++                            return '"@out@/bin/' ~ sh-escape($val) ~ '"';
++                        }
+                         return '"' ~ sh-escape($val) ~ '"';
+                     }
+                     when "cmd-args" {