diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix
index 9fe78e30ae3..639c7b5dda5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ let
             --suffix-each URXVT_PERL_LIB ':' "$out/lib/urxvt/perl"
         '';
 
+        inherit (rxvt-unicode-unwrapped) meta;
+
         passthru = {
           plugins = plugins;
           tests.test = nixosTests.terminal-emulators.urxvt;