diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
index 2e031e27307a8..440fde58fca7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impure-cmds // appleSourcePackages // chooseLibs // {
     executable = true;
 
     text = ''
-      CODESIGN_ALLOCATE=${targetPrefix}codesign_allocate \
+      CODESIGN_ALLOCATE=${self.cctools}/bin/${targetPrefix}codesign_allocate \
         ${self.sigtool}/bin/codesign -f -s - "$linkerOutput"
     '';
   };