diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
index f5f9b03e0fd3..aa568a01b1b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ let
       fi
       mkdir -p "$out/bin"
 
+      rm -f $out/bin/.*-wrapped
+
       for path in ${lib.concatStringsSep " " paths}; do
         if [ -d "$path/bin" ]; then
           cd "$path/bin"
@@ -42,7 +44,13 @@ let
             if [ -f "$prg" ]; then
               rm -f "$out/bin/$prg"
               if [ -x "$prg" ]; then
-                makeWrapper "$path/bin/$prg" "$out/bin/$prg" --set NIX_PYTHONPREFIX "$out" --set NIX_PYTHONEXECUTABLE ${pythonExecutable} --set NIX_PYTHONPATH ${pythonPath} ${lib.optionalString (!permitUserSite) ''--set PYTHONNOUSERSITE "true"''} ${lib.concatStringsSep " " makeWrapperArgs}
+                if [ -f ".$prg-wrapped" ]; then
+                  echo "#!${pythonExecutable}" > "$out/bin/$prg"
+                  sed -e '1d' -e '3d' ".$prg-wrapped" >> "$out/bin/$prg"
+                  chmod +x "$out/bin/$prg"
+                else
+                  makeWrapper "$path/bin/$prg" "$out/bin/$prg" --inherit-argv0 --resolve-argv0 ${lib.optionalString (!permitUserSite) ''--set PYTHONNOUSERSITE "true"''} ${lib.concatStringsSep " " makeWrapperArgs}
+                fi
               fi
             fi
           done