1diff --git a/xpra/server/server_util.py b/xpra/server/server_util.py
2index f46998ee9f..60068f21b6 100644
3--- a/xpra/server/server_util.py
4+++ b/xpra/server/server_util.py
5@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ def xpra_env_shell_script(socket_dir, env):
6 return b"\n".join(script)
7
8 def xpra_runner_shell_script(xpra_file, starting_dir):
9+ # Nixpkgs contortion:
10+ # xpra_file points to a shell wrapper, not to the python script.
11+ dirname, basename = os.path.split(xpra_file)
12+ xpra_file = os.path.join(dirname, "."+basename+"-wrapped")
13 script = []
14 # We ignore failures in cd'ing, b/c it's entirely possible that we were
15 # started from some temporary directory and all paths are absolute.