diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/wrapper.nix
index 6115544e79fc..2f98fe164161 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ symlinkJoin, lib, rofi-unwrapped, makeWrapper, wrapGAppsHook, gdk-pixbuf, hicolor-icon-theme, theme ? null, plugins ? [] }:
+{ symlinkJoin, lib, rofi-unwrapped, makeWrapper, wrapGAppsHook, gdk-pixbuf, hicolor-icon-theme, theme ? null, plugins ? [], symlink-dmenu ? false }:
 
 symlinkJoin {
   name = "rofi-${rofi-unwrapped.version}";
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ symlinkJoin {
       ${lib.optionalString (theme != null) ''--add-flags "-theme ${theme}"''} \
       ${lib.optionalString (plugins != []) ''--add-flags "-plugin-path $out/lib/rofi"''}
 
+    ${lib.optionalString symlink-dmenu "ln -s ${rofi-unwrapped}/bin/rofi $out/bin/dmenu"}
+
     rm $out/bin/rofi-theme-selector
     makeWrapper ${rofi-unwrapped}/bin/rofi-theme-selector $out/bin/rofi-theme-selector \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : $out/share