diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-wrapper.sh
index 95d1a5192137..dd43068be279 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-wrapper.sh
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ filterExisting() {
 wrapProgram() {
     local prog="$1"
     local progBasename=$(basename $prog)
-    local hiddenDir=$(dirname $prog)/.$progBasename-wrapped-bin
-    local hidden=$hiddenDir/$progBasename
-    mkdir $hiddenDir
+    local hiddenDir="$(dirname $prog)/../wrapped-bin/.$progBasename-wrapped-bin"
+    mkdir -p $hiddenDir
+    local hidden="$(cd "$hiddenDir"; pwd)/$progBasename"
     mv $prog $hidden
     makeWrapper $hidden $prog "$@"
 }