diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
index bebb5376b8a2..f12645ec2b62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clojure/default.nix
@@ -14,22 +14,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     makeWrapper
   ];
 
+  # See https://github.com/clojure/brew-install/blob/1.10.1/src/main/resources/clojure/install/linux-install.sh
   installPhase =
     let
       binPath = stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ rlwrap jdk ];
     in
     ''
-      mkdir -p $out/libexec
-      cp clojure-tools-${version}.jar $out/libexec
-      cp example-deps.edn $out
-      cp deps.edn $out
-      cp exec.jar $out
+      clojure_lib_dir=$out
+      bin_dir=$out/bin
 
+      echo "Installing libs into $clojure_lib_dir"
+      install -Dm644 deps.edn "$clojure_lib_dir/deps.edn"
+      install -Dm644 example-deps.edn "$clojure_lib_dir/example-deps.edn"
+      install -Dm644 exec.jar "$clojure_lib_dir/libexec/exec.jar"
+      install -Dm644 clojure-tools-${version}.jar "$clojure_lib_dir/libexec/clojure-tools-${version}.jar"
+
+      echo "Installing clojure and clj into $bin_dir"
       substituteInPlace clojure --replace PREFIX $out
+      install -Dm755 clojure "$bin_dir/clojure"
+      install -Dm755 clj "$bin_dir/clj"
 
-      install -Dt $out/bin clj clojure
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/clj --prefix PATH : $out/bin:${binPath}
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/clojure --prefix PATH : $out/bin:${binPath}
+      wrapProgram $bin_dir/clojure --prefix PATH : $out/bin:${binPath}
+      wrapProgram $bin_dir/clj --prefix PATH : $out/bin:${binPath}
 
       installManPage clj.1 clojure.1
     '';