diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mosh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mosh/default.nix
index dba75400f6f..24702d290aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mosh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mosh/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./ssh_path.patch
+    ./mosh-client_path.patch
     ./utempter_path.patch
     # Fix w/c++17, ::bind vs std::bind
     (fetchpatch {
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace scripts/mosh.pl \
         --subst-var-by ssh "${openssh}/bin/ssh"
+    substituteInPlace scripts/mosh.pl \
+        --subst-var-by mosh-client "$out/bin/mosh-client"
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-completion" ] ++ lib.optional withUtempter "--with-utempter";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mosh/mosh-client_path.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/mosh/mosh-client_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..327fb7af926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mosh/mosh-client_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/scripts/mosh.pl b/scripts/mosh.pl
+index 56e96d7..2a2177e 100755
+--- a/scripts/mosh.pl
++++ b/scripts/mosh.pl
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ my $have_ipv6 = eval {
+ 
+ $|=1;
+ 
+-my $client = 'mosh-client';
++my $client = '@mosh-client@';
+ my $server = 'mosh-server';
+ 
+ my $predict = undef;
+@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ my @cmdline = @ARGV;
+ my $usage =
+ qq{Usage: $0 [options] [--] [user@]host [command...]
+         --client=PATH        mosh client on local machine
+-                                (default: "mosh-client")
++                                (default: "@mosh-client@")
+         --server=COMMAND     mosh server on remote machine
+                                 (default: "mosh-server")
+