diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
index 0d9320c12e27..dec933489af9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ in if configure == null then weechat else
         ln -s $plugin $out/plugins
       done
     '';
-  in (writeScriptBin weechat.name ''
+  in (writeScriptBin "weechat" ''
     #!${stdenv.shell}
     export WEECHAT_EXTRA_LIBDIR=${pluginsDir}
     ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (p: lib.optionalString (p ? extraEnv) p.extraEnv) plugins}