diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
index 4020a1aca337..8de13dc0c64c 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, makeWrapper, emacs }:
+{ lib, makeWrapper, stdenv }: self:
 
-with stdenv.lib;
+with lib; let inherit (self) emacs; in
 
-explicitRequires: # packages explicitly requested by the user
+packagesFun: # packages explicitly requested by the user
+
+let
+  explicitRequires =
+    if builtins.isFunction packagesFun
+      then packagesFun self
+    else packagesFun;
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = (appendToName "with-packages" emacs).name;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5559135e2422..19f2331df4c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11629,7 +11629,7 @@ let
 
     inherit lib newScope stdenv;
     inherit fetchFromGitHub fetchgit fetchhg fetchurl;
-    inherit emacs texinfo;
+    inherit emacs texinfo makeWrapper;
 
     trivialBuild = callPackage ../build-support/emacs/trivial.nix {
       inherit emacs;
@@ -11648,8 +11648,8 @@ let
 
   emacs24PackagesNg = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackagesNgGen emacs24);
 
-  emacsWithPackages = callPackage ../build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix { };
-  emacs24WithPackages = emacsWithPackages.override { emacs = emacs24; };
+  emacs24WithPackages = emacs24PackagesNg.emacsWithPackages;
+  emacsWithPackages = emacsPackagesNg.emacsWithPackages;
 
   inherit (gnome3) empathy;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 727ceb24c8a2..3a93a32d1609 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 , lib, newScope, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub, fetchhg
 
-, emacs, texinfo
+, emacs, texinfo, makeWrapper
 , trivialBuild
 , melpaBuild
 
@@ -58,10 +58,16 @@ let
     inherit lib;
   };
 
+  emacsWithPackages = import ../build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix {
+    inherit lib makeWrapper stdenv;
+  };
+
   packagesFun = self: with self; {
 
   inherit emacs melpaBuild trivialBuild;
 
+  emacsWithPackages = emacsWithPackages self;
+
   ## START HERE
 
   ac-haskell-process = melpaBuild rec {