diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
index 282aeca9ed1c..dda9f4877f67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ wrapPythonProgramsIn() {
             # dont wrap EGG-INFO scripts since they are called from python
             if echo "$i" | grep -v EGG-INFO/scripts; then
                 echo "wrapping \`$i'..."
+                sed -i "$i" -e "/^#\!/a import sys; sys.argv[0] = '$(basename $i)'"
                 wrapProgram "$i" \
                     --prefix PYTHONPATH ":" $program_PYTHONPATH \
                     --prefix PATH ":" $program_PATH