diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ff/ff2mpv-go/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ff/ff2mpv-go/package.nix
index 71e0f98a478d..7fa747b8839d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ff/ff2mpv-go/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ff/ff2mpv-go/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchgit
+, makeWrapper
 , mpv
 }:
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -13,17 +14,21 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     hash = "sha256-e/AuOA3isFTyBf97Zwtr16yo49UdYzvktV5PKB/eH/s=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = null;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace ff2mpv.go --replace '"mpv"' '"${lib.getExe mpv}"'
-  '';
+  vendorHash = null;
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts"
     $out/bin/ff2mpv-go --manifest > "$out/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/ff2mpv.json"
   '';
 
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/ff2mpv-go --suffix PATH ":" ${lib.makeBinPath [ mpv ]}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Native messaging host for ff2mpv written in Go";
     homepage = "https://git.clsr.net/util/ff2mpv-go/";