diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mhwaveedit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mhwaveedit/default.nix
index d0259ada3cf7..526ecbcf383d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/mhwaveedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mhwaveedit/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL , alsaLib, gtk, libjack2, ladspaH
-, ladspaPlugins, libsamplerate, libsndfile, pkgconfig, libpulseaudio }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, SDL , alsaLib, gtk, libjack2, ladspaH
+, ladspaPlugins, libsamplerate, libsndfile, pkgconfig, libpulseaudio, lame }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   name = "mhwaveedit-${version}";
@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
     sha256 = "010rk4mr631s440q9cfgdxx2avgzysr9aq52diwdlbq9cddifli3";
   };
 
-  buildInputs =
-   [ SDL alsaLib gtk libjack2 ladspaH libsamplerate libsndfile
-     pkgconfig libpulseaudio
-   ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL alsaLib gtk libjack2 ladspaH libsamplerate libsndfile
+     pkgconfig libpulseaudio makeWrapper ];
 
   configureFlags = "--with-default-ladspa-path=${ladspaPlugins}/lib/ladspa";
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/mhwaveedit \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lame}/bin/
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "graphical program for editing, playing and recording sound files";
+    description = "Graphical program for editing, playing and recording sound files";
     homepage = https://gna.org/projects/mhwaveedit;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;