diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix
index 2e4d589d158..3b110d9bc99 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/generic.nix
@@ -207,12 +207,16 @@ in
     substituteInPlace "$out/bin/run-singularity" \
       --replace "/usr/bin/env ${projectName}" "$out/bin/${projectName}"
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/${projectName}" \
-      --prefix PATH : "''${defaultPathInputs// /\/bin:}"
+      --prefix PATH : "''${defaultPathInputs// /\/bin:}''${defaultPathInputs:+/bin:}"
     # Make changes in the config file
     ${lib.optionalString enableNvidiaContainerCli ''
       substituteInPlace "$out/etc/${projectName}/${projectName}.conf" \
         --replace "use nvidia-container-cli = no" "use nvidia-container-cli = yes"
     ''}
+    ${lib.optionalString (enableNvidiaContainerCli && projectName == "singularity") ''
+      substituteInPlace "$out/etc/${projectName}/${projectName}.conf" \
+        --replace "# nvidia-container-cli path =" "nvidia-container-cli path = ${nvidia-docker}/bin/nvidia-container-cli"
+    ''}
     ${lib.optionalString (removeCompat && (projectName != "singularity")) ''
       unlink "$out/bin/singularity"
       for file in "$out"/share/man/man?/singularity*.gz; do