diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-metadata-gui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-metadata-gui/default.nix
index ad07a3dba3c8..cb0103df227a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-metadata-gui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-annex-metadata-gui/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, pyqt5, git-annex-adapter }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, pyqt5, qt5, git-annex-adapter }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "git-annex-metadata-gui";
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'PyQt5', " ""
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qt5.wrapQtAppsHook ];
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=("''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}")
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyqt5 git-annex-adapter ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {