diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix
index ad6383046b1b..5b3ad7a98311 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ let
     ;
     umpvWrapperArgs = lib.strings.escapeShellArgs ([
       "--argv0" "'$0'"
-      "--set" "MPV" "$out/bin/mpv"
+      "--set" "MPV" "${placeholder "out"}/bin/mpv"
     ] ++ extraUmpvWrapperArgs)
     ;
   in