diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
index 55e86a8b9c369..914e4b354c49a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ let
                 if [ "$prg" = "${python.executable}" ]; then
                   makeWrapper "${python.interpreter}" "$out/bin/$prg" \
                     --inherit-argv0 \
+                    --resolve-argv0 \
                     ${lib.optionalString (!permitUserSite) ''--set PYTHONNOUSERSITE "true"''} \
                     ${lib.concatStringsSep " " makeWrapperArgs}
                 elif [ "$(readlink "$prg")" = "${python.executable}" ]; then