diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
index 618a594c8cc5..6959a6d73dca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, freetype, libpng, mesa, gettext, openssl, perl, libiconv
-, qtscript, qtserialport, qttools
+, qtscript, qtserialport, qttools, makeQtWrapper
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1xxil0rv61zc08znfv83cpsc47y1gjl2f3njhz0pn5zd8jpaa15a";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeQtWrapper ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     cmake freetype libpng mesa gettext openssl perl libiconv qtscript
     qtserialport qttools
@@ -17,6 +19,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapQtProgram "$out/bin/stellarium"
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Free open-source planetarium";
     homepage = "http://stellarium.org/";