diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix
index d631f4aa2146..78646f7a8b2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/quassel/default.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ in with stdenv; mkDerivation rec {
     ++ edf withKDE "WITH_KDE";
 
   preFixup =
+    lib.optionalString daemon ''
+        wrapProgram "$out/bin/quasselcore" --suffix PATH : "${qtbase.bin}/bin"
+    '' +
     lib.optionalString buildClient ''
         wrapProgram "$out/bin/quassel${lib.optionalString client "client"}" \
           --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${dconf}/lib/gio/modules"