diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-dotnet-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-dotnet-package/default.nix
index 3d24f6fb4340..2b1b34429c57 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-dotnet-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-dotnet-package/default.nix
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ attrsOrig @
             mkdir -p "$out"/bin
             commandName="$(basename -s .exe "$(echo "$exe" | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]")")"
             makeWrapper \
-              "${mono}/bin/mono \"$exe\"" \
+              "${mono}/bin/mono" \
               "$out"/bin/"$commandName" \
+              --add-flags "\"$exe\"" \
               ''${makeWrapperArgs}
           done
         done