diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
index f900a4e9147c..8912aca0711d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   phases = [ "installPhase" ];
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ln -s ${sublime}/sublime_text $out/bin/subl
     ln -s ${sublime}/sublime_text $out/bin/sublime
     ln -s ${sublime}/sublime_text $out/bin/sublime3
     mkdir -p $out/share/applications