diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
index 7420932e0b68..32c117c01738 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     EOF
 
     moveToOutput "bin" "$bin"
+    ln -s "$bin/bin/mupdf-x11" "$bin/bin/mupdf"
     mkdir -p $bin/share/applications
     cat > $bin/share/applications/mupdf.desktop <<EOF
     [Desktop Entry]