diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wakeonlan/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wakeonlan/default.nix
index 80147ae39ce..b15aadcb3ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/wakeonlan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wakeonlan/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, perlPackages, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
+{ lib, stdenv, perlPackages, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles, shortenPerlShebang }:
 
 perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
   pname = "wakeonlan";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin shortenPerlShebang;
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ perlPackages.TestPerlCritic perlPackages.TestPod perlPackages.TestPodCoverage ];
   # Linting and formatting checks are of no interest for us.
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
   installPhase = ''
     install -Dt $out/bin wakeonlan
     installManPage blib/man1/wakeonlan.1
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    shortenPerlShebang $out/bin/wakeonlan
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {